“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)
