Let Love Grow

MEDITATION

Let Love Grow

1 Thessalonians 3:12 "May the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow more and more and become as great as our love for you." GNB

Point to ponder on: Love for all people is meant to grow more in you and only God can help you attain this goal as a believer.

I heard a story of a woman of God who finds it difficult to forgive people that offend her. She goes all out to ensure they are punished for offending her. This is not Christlike in anyway. A man offended her and she secretly waged war against this man by putting a car that was given to the man for repair to a halt spiritually. This car could not be repaired despite all effort by mechanics. I know it must be sounding like witchcraft to you now. I was shocked to hear this as well. She is an Evangelist but without love and vengeful. I know the heart of any natural man is evil and desperately wicked and what I have seen people do in this life has really baffled my imagination of the level of wickedness exhibited by mankind. To face the reality, people will offend us and hurt us, but a proof that we have surrendered to Christ, passed from death to life and His love reigns in our heart makes it easy and possible for us to forgive. It may take time for some depending on their spiritual growth but you will not live a love life and indefinitely not forgive people. When you don't forgive people, you hurt yourself more.

Our greatest goal should be to grow our love life as that of the apostles grew. There was a time Paul rejected John Mark and it led to his separation with Barnabas but at the later time he sent for him to join him in his missionary journey (Acts 15:36-39, 2 Ti.4:11, Phm.1:24) . Jesus wants us to settle our disagreements and allow love to dominate us and not hatred and resentment. We must make it a daily prayer like Paul prayed for the Thessalonian Church to ask the Lord to make our love grow for all people. This is the only way we can endure to the end in this race and at this time when selfishness, wickedness and individual interest are on the rise.

I pray the Lord will make your love grow more for all people: your spouse, friends, children, neighbour, your country, enemies and sinners in Jesus name.

I celebrate you.

Good morning. Have a blissful day.

David, Johnson