There are several things that have occurred to me this weekend. One of the things that occurred to me on Friday night of last week was just how high love really is. I have read 1 Corinthians 13 many times, but this time through, I was struck by just how high "True Love" really is!
"Love is patient and *xfkind; love *xgdoes not envy or boast; it *xhis not arrogant 5 or rude. It *xidoes not insist on its own way; it *xjis not irritable or resentful; 6 it *xkdoes not rejoice at wrongdoing, but *xlrejoices with the truth. 7 *xmLove bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, *xeendures all things."
As a sinful human being, this kind of love is really outside of my reach to grasp. I cannot by my own efforts attain to it. I must receive this Love in my heart. The Apostle Paul says in Romans 5:5:
"5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us."
Notice that God's love is not something that we come up with, it is a gift. As I realized my "powerlessness" to obtain this kind of love, it became, and is becoming more and more apparent that I must go to Jesus to receive this kind of love:
"18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 19 We love him, because he first loved us. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?"
Also notice that when we receive His love into our hearts we love those around us as well. The love that I need is from Jesus. I can only get it from Him. The question then comes: Are we going to Him to get this love?
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