1 Corinthians 13:7d Love endures all things

We are speaking here about the abiding love of God in a Christian’s heart. Do you really think that anything from the outside world could ever possibly touch that love? It is God’s love, perfect, pure, holy, sanctifying, righteous, and the essence of God Himself. Really? Do you think anything can touch it?

Can’t touch this.

If that is true, and I do believe it is true, then what does love truly endure?

Me!

Love endures my ignoring it.

Love endures my disobedience of it.

Love endures my hiding it.

Love endures my flat refusal of releasing it.

Love endures my shame.

Love endures my walls.

Love endures me.

Eventually as love does what love does in me, it will break down every wall, every obstacle, every thought, every broken piece of me, to be what God needs me to be in this world.

All I have to do is subject myself to Him.

Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Love will endure me and prove itself.

1 Corinthians 13:7c Love hopes all things

Really? Does love hope you will get hurt or worse? No, I don’t think so. How about love hopes all things good? That makes more sense than just says love hopes all things.

If the love of God resides in your heart, you would know what it means. His love is pure. We just said yesterday that love does not think evil things, so for both to be true, love would only hope for good.

This is a prime example of why not to take verses out of context in the bible. The consistency of content is extremely important. The bible does not contradict itself no matter how much naysayers point out what they see to be contradictions. They see contradiction because the love of God does not abide in them.

I hope that they come to know the love of God. Even more accurately the love of God in me hopes to reveal itself to them.

I hope my words are received sincerely and not mocked. Once we set free the words and actions of love they are beyond our control. They will land on fertile ground or they will not. I hope they would fall on fertile ground.

Perhaps my words will soften a heart to receive the gospel. I don’t know that they will, but I hope they do. Then again if I speak the Word of God I do not have to hope for I do believe that His Word will not return without having accomplished what it was set out to do. I hope I speak His Word.

Nothing is a simple as the Gospel. I hope you understand and receive it.

Jesus died hoping you would receive Him into your heart.

He is risen to make that possible. I hope you will believe Him.