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How Does Love Behave?

How Does Love Behave?

All that we need to know about life and living, we can learn from the Scriptures.  God gives us direct instructions as well as practical guidelines for every area of life.  This includes understanding how to demonstrate genuine love.

Here are several Scriptures on the topic:

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant . . .   (1 Cor 13:4 ESV)

. . . but rejoices in the truth . . .  (1 Cor 13:6b MEV)

It [love] always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.  (1 Cor 13:7 NIV)

When we love someone, the greatest gift that we can give them is to love them the way that God loves each and every one of us.  Some key points the Bible teaches about love is that LOVE:

  • Is patient,
  • Is kind,
  • Rejoices in the truth,
  • Always protects,
  • Always trusts,
  • Always hopes, and
  • Always perseveres.

If we FIRST consider each of these statements in light of God’s love for each and every one of us, we will feel humbled and honored by the unconditional love that God offers to each and every believer.  Let us rejoice in His love and give Him praise and thanksgiving for it.

Now, we need to look at this truth in relation to how we act toward those whom we love.  Do we display these traits with our relatives, our children, our friends?  Do we give this kind of love unfailingly to our spouse?  We need to take the time to meditate upon this from time to time to make any necessary adjustments to our thinking and our actions.

Let us follow the example that our Lord Jesus gave to us.  He loved us so much that He sacrificed everything to reconcile each one of us back to a loving relationship with our heavenly Father God.  Praise the Lord!

Refuge in Christ

Refuge in Christ

As believers in and followers of Jesus, we have a certain refuge in Christ.  Praise the Lord most High! 

The Lord redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.  (Ps 34:22 ESV)

The Lord liberates and rescues the life of His servants.  None who run to Him will be rejected by Jesus Christ.  What a gift!

[Who] saves your life from the pit, crowns you with faithful love and compassion . . . (Ps 103:4 CEB)

Jesus saves our eternal lives from the pit of hell by being our Savior and Redeemer.  He honors us with His faithful love and His ongoing compassion every single day.  These are absolute treasures.

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.  (Rom 8:31-34 NKJV)

In the above passage of Scripture, the author is summing up the riches of our salvation: 

  • God is FOR US and no one can successfully oppose us.
  • God gives us ALL things generously because He has already sacrificed His greatest gift in sending Jesus as the propitiation for our sins.
  • No one can charge God’s chosen ones because Jesus, our Savior, has justified us by His blood.
  • Christ makes intercession for us in heaven, serving as our Advocate against the enemy of our souls.

Therefore, in light of these wonderful promises, when you’re in need or in distress, run to our Savior and Redeemer, our Healer and our High Tower.  You won’t be disappointed because Jesus loves you.