"Let
brotherly love continue" (v.1)
Love is
the ID card of the Christian. It is the outward sign to those around us that we
identify with Christ. The Apostle Paul describes this kind of brotherly love in
first letter to the Corinthians, "Love like this suffers long and is
kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does
not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no
evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; love bears
all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love
never fails."
This is
the type of love that allows us to have peace in the middle of the storms and
trials of life. It binds us together and draws others to it. It flows from
outward from His saints and shows itself to strangers, those in bonds, and
hurting physically. It brings true contentment and satisfaction, because His
Spirit is within us. And, most importantly, it never fails.
I pray
that your life would be marked with His love, so that others may see that in
you, and be drawn to Him through your life. Amen.
The Truth
"For
this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one
another." (1 John 3:11)
