NEVER FAILS
By Rick Mathes
1 Corinthians 13:4-13 (NASB77) 4 Love is……..
Love never fails:
- Patient Love is possible
- Kindness Love in action
- Generous Love in competition
- Humble Love in hiding
- Courteous Love in society
- Unselfish Love in essence
- Temper Love in disposition
- Righteous Love in conduct
- Sincere Love in profession
- Eternal Love in Jesus
Love is proof that something invisible can be real and tangible. It is very vital to know that Biblical love is God: God is love. To love unconditionally, without strings is to love with our Lord’s love. On the other side of he coin is to know hat love is not.
Not necessarily in order of importance, love is not necessarily feelings. The devil can counterfeit the feelings of love. True love is always a decision that may or may not be followed by feelings. We don’t have to like each other to love each other. Satan can and does fake love so something can be learned from Dr. Spock.
The love of God will always fail if it is man-made. This is loving at God instead of loving God as Jesus would through us. So pretending toile is just plain prostitution of your emotions and it will lead to death as all sin does. If nothing else be genuine in loving even if you know it will hurt, love anyway. It will always prevail if it is genuine.
The last is retaliatory. You can get even with your enemy by loving them. Whatever happened to Shalom, Salaam and Peace be with you? We all make so muchof being foundered and descended from Abraham, why can’t we love with his love? Love conquers all so be real and our love will never fail.
Rick Mathes 