God is Love

As we go through life we all feel the weight that the world bears down on us. We have to pass our exams, get ourselves through college, or fill the emptiness that we feel in ourselves.

 In 1^st Corinthians 13:4-8 it describes the characteristics of Love. It’s a verse you hear about often.

“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never ends.”

 Though when we read this verse it tells us what Love is which is nice, but sometimes we can look at that verse and see the Law. We can look at what Love is supposed to be and we see how we don’t measure up to it.

Here’s another way to look at this verse

 In 1^st John 4:8 says that God is Love.

           

So if God is Love them that means…

“GOD is patient and kind; GOD does not envy or boast; HE is not arrogant or rude. GOD does not insist on [his] own way; HE is not irritable or resentful; HE does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. GOD bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

GOD never ends.”

 1^st Corinthians 13:4-8 doesn't only describe Love but also God. Look at the verse not as a list of things we need to do but what God has done for us.

           

I find that most soothing part come at the end, if you read it again. God always hopes and he hasn’t given up on you and never has and never will.

            We tend to try to work hard to be “good people” and we lose sight of the peace we have in Christ as our savior. We strive too hard and we can lose hope. We get tired. He can see when we are losing hope but what we really need to do is open our ears and hear Him calling to us through the Word.

           

            We fight way too much instead of giving ourselves to him. He always has us in his hands. (♩♪He's got the whole world in his hands♪♩). Sometimes we put ourselves in to dangerous situations with our thoughts and actions, like jumping into stormy waters. When we start to drown in our sin he will jump in and save us, wake us up to his love, no matter how many time we jump back in.

           

            God IS kind, God IS NOT easily angered and He KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS.

In times like these it’s God’s strength that shows in our weakness, that he can do anything and so can we through and with him. Even when we are at the end of our rope, or in the deepest of holes he has a way to get us out. We just can’t see it, but if we trust that he will in his own way that’s when we are free. We may fall many times but no matter how many or how hard we can always come running back to his wide open arms.

We don't need to live up to the perfect image but we do so as a way show others the love we have.

            We need to trust in him more and so we can be changed from the inside out, not because we're perfect or always right but because of His great love for us.

Fireflight’s song Forever has some lyrics that complement this idea very nicely. In fact they performed this song at a festival and I saw the video on YouTube which inspired this devo.