PURPOSE OF LOVE
Romans 5:6-11
Devotional:- “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us..” (V. 8). NKJV
Sometimes
we make such a mistake as loving only our lovers. We do not often think that by
this we fulfill the Law of Moses and not the law of grace, loving only those
who love us and probably hating those who hate us. But this is not true love.
If you understand the purpose of love, you will know that love is not needed
when everyone is perfect, but most needed because we are not.
The
scripture we read today demonstrates one of the greatest acts of God’s love to
us. And this is a revelation of God’s love to you. Even though you commit sin
and He hates sin, yet He loves you. It is for your sake that He sent Jesus, His
only son, to die on the cross. See, people may hate you for one reason or another,
but God loves you. He so much believed in you that He had to give up His son to
die for your sake (1 John 4:9-10).
God taught
us some lessons by the love he showed us in this scripture. That we ought not to
wait till someone loves us before we love them. This is because we have to
become love personified like God. Thisi by growing in the character of love.
Then we will be able to give from what we have (Matthew 12:35). He also taught
us to sow love to reap love. Today, we love Him because He first loved us. Hate
no one. Love is enduring, tolerant, and kind. If someone is already perfect,
you will not need to tolerate or endure them.
Friend,
if God could love you while you were in sin, you also ought to love the
imperfect people around you. If God loves you and you don’t love others, will
God justify you? Be it your spouse, friend, colleague or brother; sow love in
their lives to reap their love. And you shall be like your father in heaven.
Prayer: Lord, grant me grace to always love notwithstanding.
“OUR IMPERFECTION IS WHAT NECESSITATED GOD’S LOVE TO US”
