Love

Have you ever tried to love someone and failed miserably not once, not twice but time after time? You think you have this love thing down to a science and then they do something more to absolutely provoke you to want them to disappear off the face of the earth. Come on, Christians, everyone of us have experienced this type of situation at onc time or another in our lives. It seems that person rubs our fur the wrong way. If you have ever rubbed the fur of a cat the wrong way, you know that they do not like it one little bit.

What is the reason we fail at that love (Remember we are talking about God’s agape love, not human love, which is naturally doomed to failure.)? I have seen the answer to our dilemma. It is this. Until we know how much God loves us individually, personally, we cannot love others with His love. It is not a reality to us. The Word of God tells us that we will love others as we love ourselves. We have been going at this love walk from the wrong direction.

First, develop that love relationship with God by focusing on how totally and deeply and unconditionally God loves you personally. Yes, you! That is where we must start. Out of that understanding will come our devoted love for God. Then we love ourselves because we see that we are worth loving because God loves us. We see ourselves as the apple of His eye. Then, and only then, will we be able to love others as God wants us to do. Our love for them comes out of our love relationship with Him. It all begins with a personal revelation of His Love for us (you and me, particularly you).

My prayer for each of you today is that God Himself will give you a personal revealing of His total and complete love for you. He sees you as perfect and worthy and of great value through the blood of Jesus Christ His Son and your Lord. God’s divine love is the greatest power in the universe. You have Him in you today.