God Wants Me to Be Loving
A covenant of love
1 Samuel 18:1-4
Read the Bible through:
AM - 2 Kings 21-23 : PM - John 2
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul (1 Sam. 18:3).
1 Samuel 18:1-4
Read the Bible through:
AM - 2 Kings 21-23 : PM - John 2
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul (1 Sam. 18:3).
Because of the fall, it is impossible for unregenerate people to understand the kind of love expressed between Jonathan and David. Theirs was the king of love that exists between two bothers. It was the king of love Jesus had for His disciples and has for us. It is the selfless love that demands nothing in return as we relate to one another.
God wants us to love one another. He tells us in John 13 this kind of love, this deep, self-sacrificing, ever-giving love will be an external physical sign of an internal spiritual life. By this love all men will know we are his disciples. The world cannot understand that love; they never will. They will call it weakness and seek to exploit us for it. But our joy will never be found in being accepted by the world. Our joy is found in being like Jesus. He is God and He is love. If we will be His followers, this love for one another is not optional; it is essential.
Lord, as I have experienced Your love, help me give it to others.
