FILTER OF LOVE

“For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.” ‭‭1 John 3:11 KJV‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

Indeed loving people isn't easy, yet this is what the Bible commands of us, that "we should love one another". We spend time on what we deem important, for many of us these choices are valid; time with family and friends, work, prayer, serving the poor, fighting for rights, protesting wrongs. But as the Scripture reminds us, "And if I donate all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body in order to boast but do not have love, I gain nothing" (1 Corinthians 13:3).

Even though we have the freedom to set our own priorities, Jesus made a point of defining some of them for us: ".......The second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself' (Matthew 22:37-39). Love, is not a gray area of the Scriptures. Jesus gave love a priority over all other Christian virtues. Every thought, response and act of goodwill must first pass through the fine filter of love, or it means nothing at all. Love is the greatest and most important. It takes Love because God is Love.

Further Scripture Study: Mathew 22:37-39; 1 Corinthians 13 

Declare This: Thank You Father for teaching me how to set love as my priority. Nothing else is more important than this, therefore I declare that my very thought and action is based on true love in Jesus name Amen.