According to 1 Corinthians 13:8, it is only the love of God that never fails. The rest of the top pillars people think they won’t fail, such as prophecies, tongues-speaking, and knowledge, can’t be totally dependent on. For prophecies, they will cease. For tongues speaking, the Bible says a time will come when it’ll be stilled (or quietened). Then, for knowledge (general intelligence), it shall also pass away. Just think about this.
The Bible says in Romans 13:10 that love does no harm to a neighbour. So, as God’s beloved, because He, who is love, lives in you, you have divine enablement to live without even thinking of doing anything evil against another person.
With understanding from Galatians 6:9, consistently doing good to people is an investment. It’s an act of sowing which will yield returns when the giver doesn’t give up. But those returns will come in due season, which you may never know.
According to Jesus in Matthew 6:1, anyone who practices his righteousness (interpreted as benevolence) before others with the aim of attracting public applause will have no reward from the Father in heaven. Think about that! If you fail to give God’s way, you lose resources because God won’t reward you for your deed. Mercy!
To love as Jesus did, you must live like Him, and that takes grace to do that. You will be offended, gossiped about, and even conspired with by the very people you may never suspect. But in all these things, whether you hear of the evil talk of men or not, love them.
It is better to do what the Word of God says and be called names than to live a fake life to please people. God is the one that created you, not people. At the end of the day, you will render the account of your life to Him, not to any man.
God loved you so much that He sent Jesus to come and die for you. So, what makes you think you’re less valuable before Him? It doesn’t matter how bad people have treated you for years. Maybe your parents haven’t taken care of you since infancy. But today, let it be registered in your consciousness that God loves you.
Friend, I want to tell you that ardently following Jesus will cost you some close relationships. Not all issues between parents and believing children are evil. Some are meant to be so for God’s will to prevail. So, just in case you are having such experiences, resolve it and let your parents know that God’s will is superior to theirs.
Every servant of God needs divine fire to do what God has anointed him to do. That fire is called “spiritual fervour”. Want to learn how to keep your spiritual fervour as you serve God? Here are three proven scriptural ways of doing it.
No matter which parental figure has been absent in your life, God can fill that gap. Is it your father who failed you? God can replace Him. Is it that your mother abandoned you when you were a child? God can fill that hole in your life. Don’t live always groaning on an absent close relative in your life. God cares about you and will take care of you.
There are benefits to following the way of the Lord, but not without sacrifice. Loving God can come with demands. Some of His instructions aren’t always pleasant because they can make you very uncomfortable. But it is always worth it. If I don’t know anything about God, at least I can boast of it that He is faithful. Hope in Him.
Instead of focusing on your human efforts not to love the world, why don’t you pursue a deeper intimacy with Jesus so you can have access to the grace to live unto Him in a crooked world? For God is ever willing to help you to live in purity because He knows it’s an integral part of your life to fulfil your divine mandate.
