Love is the topic at hand. Not just because Valentine’s Day is coming up, but because my home group is going over the book “Crazy Love” It seems all around me God is showing me about Love. I recently had a situation where I was asking God for guidance and His reply was, “Tara, just love.” In my controlling ways that answer wasn’t sufficient for me. What does He mean just love? What does that look like? Come on, there is got to be something more I could do here. “Nope.” He said. This frustrated me. I don’t even know what that looks like and felt I needed to do something more tangible, ya know something more significant. This was a big situation involving a lot of emotions, and other people, and all I was to do was love?? Ok, God, What does this look like?
I know many bible verses about love, but sometimes knowing and putting them into practice look different. For example many people claim they love God, However, the bible says if you love God you will keep His commandments (John 14:15) The bible says, Love is patient, and patient is something I am not. (1cor 13:4) I am to love others more than I love myself. (Romans 12:10) No greater love than this, that he lays down his own life for his friends (john 15:13). Clearly, the bible tells me a lot about Love and it can be overwhelming. My personality type needs a plan. Let me clarify, I am a very spontaneous person on my own, but if I am given instructions they need to be spelled out. Little direction allows my ADD mind to go far away from the goal, which then leads to me not wanting to do anything because I forget where I was ultimately going! So, Gods simple instructions to “just love” were far too vague for me, and looking at the Bible was far too overwhelming for me. AAAAHHH God help!! That’s what He did.
He asked me "What is love?" Woohoo I know the answer to one. God is love (1 John 4:8) it is not a personality trait of His, it is what He is! It is His very nature. Everything about God stems from this fact; He IS Love. I know love because I know God. Before I knew God I had a worldly view of love. It was corrupt, selfish, and shallow. Love the world’s way, is all about what others can give me. Love with God, is all about what I can give the world. I truly love because it is in me now, instead of loving to get something from it. Love with God is deep. It is unconditional. It is not based on my relationship with others, but on my relationship with Him. The closer I get to Him will result in the closer I get to others. The more I love Him, the more I will be able to love others. I truly want to love others more. I want to see them through Gods eyes. I know I must seek God whole heartedly. I need to remove the things that are hindering my walk with Him. I need to be abiding In Him. We Love because He first loved us (1 John 4:19) In understanding His love for me, I in turn, love Him more. The more I seek Him, I see how much He loves me; the more I want to seek Him and love Him more. The more I love Him, the more I love others. He is the ultimate source! He is the blood line. I need Him.
The answer “Just Love,” was really “just God.” He IS the answer. Thank you Lord!! This I understand!!
God~
I love You!
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