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Friday, August 31, 2007
Love is....
The bible mentions a lot about love. God is love. We must do things in love. If not we are like a resounding gong and clashing cymbal.Just produces noise. But do we really understand what is love.
Love is never controlling. I am reminded of our freedom. How God gives us the freedom to live. Freedom to choose our own path. Won't it be easier if He directs all our path. If he does not give mankind a choice. Then perhaps the world will not be in the state that it is in right now. But it is because He loves us, He does not control us. Yet have we learnt that. Even in the church, leaders try to control their "Disciples". You have to come for this meeting. You have to get 3 people saved this year. You have to evangelize. It is the command of the bible. You have to this you have to that. For it is good for you. It is commanded in the bible. Even to the point of what we wear. You have to come in your best dress..... and Jesus changed before he ministered to the people for he has to look presentable. The clothes He wore was simply very dirty from all the walking that He did in the sandy roads. I never once read that it mattered.
Love does not do anything out of selfish motive. Yet many a times we find that even in my life we do things that suit us. We do things that make us look good. That makes our ministry stand out. So that I am satisfied. Doing things my way. Even in the success of a ministry. We rejoice because we did a good job or because many was blessed by it.
Love is sacrificial. We always look to the better of the other person. Not our own needs. But do we understand that love is sacrificial? As human, we fight for OUR rights. Even if we go to a restaurant and we are not being treated fairly, we demand an apology. In church, we wait to be served than to serve. Have you ever complained why the toilets in church are so dirty? Why the coffee is not hot enough? Why the carpets are so dirty? Have you ever offered to clean the toilets, wash the carpets, boil water? If someone needs a lift home but lives 30 minutes away from where you live, do still offer a lift? Do we give praises to people. Serve yet do not expect anything back in return?
It is easy to say I love you but difficult to live it out. We may not even understand the full extent of it. For God so love the world that He gave His only son. Jesus so love us that He came to live amongst us and to die for us.
The famous 1 Cor 13:4-7 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged. It is never glad bout injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
Love is never controlling. I am reminded of our freedom. How God gives us the freedom to live. Freedom to choose our own path. Won't it be easier if He directs all our path. If he does not give mankind a choice. Then perhaps the world will not be in the state that it is in right now. But it is because He loves us, He does not control us. Yet have we learnt that. Even in the church, leaders try to control their "Disciples". You have to come for this meeting. You have to get 3 people saved this year. You have to evangelize. It is the command of the bible. You have to this you have to that. For it is good for you. It is commanded in the bible. Even to the point of what we wear. You have to come in your best dress..... and Jesus changed before he ministered to the people for he has to look presentable. The clothes He wore was simply very dirty from all the walking that He did in the sandy roads. I never once read that it mattered.
Love does not do anything out of selfish motive. Yet many a times we find that even in my life we do things that suit us. We do things that make us look good. That makes our ministry stand out. So that I am satisfied. Doing things my way. Even in the success of a ministry. We rejoice because we did a good job or because many was blessed by it.
Love is sacrificial. We always look to the better of the other person. Not our own needs. But do we understand that love is sacrificial? As human, we fight for OUR rights. Even if we go to a restaurant and we are not being treated fairly, we demand an apology. In church, we wait to be served than to serve. Have you ever complained why the toilets in church are so dirty? Why the coffee is not hot enough? Why the carpets are so dirty? Have you ever offered to clean the toilets, wash the carpets, boil water? If someone needs a lift home but lives 30 minutes away from where you live, do still offer a lift? Do we give praises to people. Serve yet do not expect anything back in return?It is easy to say I love you but difficult to live it out. We may not even understand the full extent of it. For God so love the world that He gave His only son. Jesus so love us that He came to live amongst us and to die for us.
The famous 1 Cor 13:4-7 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged. It is never glad bout injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
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