OUR LOVE

By Rick Mathes

John 13:34 (NASB77) ³⁴  “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

How deep is your love? Answer: As deep as His, or at least as deep as you will allow yourself to go. Satan is a master at counterfeiting love All his forms of love are self-gratifying and don’t originate from the essence of God: only the form and appearance of selfish, “What’s in it for me?” love. We pick and choose who we will love by what we will get out of it.

Advantage in power or immorality lead us by our nose to love we are partial to. Both are based on temporal self-driven motives found in politics, business prestige, wealth, passion, children, writing a book, receiving an award and most anything that will lift us above others in this life or our being memorialized in death.

Crossing over to our Lord’s glory for our achievements requires an unselfish confidence that as long as we continue to be learner (disciples) the Holy Spirit will continue to use us to win awards, power and not about Him. It’s all and only about Him. You become lesser in your narcissism and grow in Christ’s love.

This takes a sincere commitment that must be myopic an driven like a steam locomotive. No obstacle is too great for the Holy Spirit to overcome with our Lord’s love flowing through you.

It is a love abounding in joy and exciting achievement and accomplishments that we know are beyond our reach. Our Lord’s miracles begin where your feeble efforts end. Jesus’ wll on earth as it is in heaven is just beyond your grasp. The success of his heavenly purposes explodes in Him the moment you cry out “Lord, help me!”

This abounding love and protection He has for you is fearless, genuine and lasting. His commitment never varies or wanders from the course as long as your love for Him is an abandonment of all you are for all His is. This miracle will occur in you and His love will become our love. How deep is His love?