God is love. When we live in the infinite, eternal, holy
love of God, then God Himself dwells within us (1 John 4:16). We live in and rely on the
love of God as it inundates our soul throughout the day. He fills us with the
fruit of His Spirit, which are all fulfilled in love (Galatians 5:22-23). When we abide in
this supernatural, spiritual love, our soul finds rest and peace (Hebrews 4:10). We
live in harmony with God,
and we accomplish His purposes with our life.
Loving others does not mean that we serve them from
codependence or compulsion, but only by the leading of God’s Spirit within us.
We follow Jesus’ example as He walked through streets full of people needing
His healing touch. Jesus only did what our Father directed Him to do. Not moved
by human love or compassion, Jesus ministered in Spirit and truth. God’s love,
which transcends human thoughts and feelings, sets us free to walk in God’s
love.
This enables us to love the unlovable, with as much
passion as we do the lovely. This union with divine Love also affords us the divine
attributes of joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, meekness,
self-control and faith. Our soul finds its home in God’s love. Our basic human
need to love and be loved is provided for us by our sacred union with God, which
enhances marriage, parenthood and our church family.
We find the deepest, most fulfilling union of love in the
spirit. We are united in Christ as well as with one another. Union in spirit
also leads to a greater, sweeter union in body and soul. Integrated in love, we
can truly say that we and our Heavenly Father are one, just as He and Christ
are one (John 17:21).
United with Christ in God (Colossians
3:3), we walk in the Spirit and relate to the world around us from this
center of God’s divine love.
God’s love in us goes beyond keeping the commandments by
the morals of law, and is fulfilled in the two greatest commandments: to love
God and one another (Matthew
22:37-39). In this way, the unsaved masses in the world will recognize
that there is something different about Born Again Believers (John 13:35). We no
longer live for our self, but for the good of one another. This is foreign to
most people, but they too are actually searching for this Divine union with the
God of love.
Prayer:
Father God, sanctify us with Your love until we express
Your divine nature to the world around us (2 Peter 1:4). Enable us to bring many to
redemption by Your love in us. Make it evident in our life by Your Holy Spirit.
In our union with You, we live our life in Your service and seek to walk by
Your Spirit, doing the works, which You preordained for us to do (Ephesians 2:8-10).
Thought for the Day:
Those who abide in God’s Love can never live out of
harmony with His will.
