Good Morning Friends,
“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ
laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity
on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words
or tongue but with actions and in truth.” (1 John 3:16-18)
When love sees someone in need, it doesn’t
just sit on the sidelines, hope for the best, and say nice things about how much
it cares. When love sees a need, it moves into action to do what can be done to
meet the need.
That is what Jesus did! When He saw our need,
Jesus didn’t just remain in heaven and hope we could get ourselves out the mess
we had gotten ourselves into. He didn’t just come to earth to whisper loving
words into our ears in the hope they would encourage us to make it. Jesus went
into action. He came to earth and took on our problem. He gave His life to
solve our problem. Now, that’s love!
When we see someone in need, and have what is
necessary to meet their need, or at least help meet it, we are to follow the example
Jesus set. We are to move into action to meet the need. That would be the
loving thing to do. To sit on the sidelines and hope for the best or to whisper
kind words into someone’s ear is not love. That’s a shallow substitute for love
that costs us nothing and does nothing to help.
Real love moves to action.
Real love is willing to sacrifice.
Real love sees a need and helps to meet it.
That kind of love is the example Jesus set. That kind of love is the pattern we are to
follow.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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