Where is the Love?

Greetings in the name of Jesus,

We have entered a new year, 2010, by the grace of God and it seems that our faith is being tried again. This year has brought trials and blessings, trials in the form of human suffering, blessings in the form of humanity rising to meet the challenge of coming to the aid of our fellow man. There are many that have erred during this time of crisis in Haiti, but there are more that stood to meet the challenge. Praise God!

This leads me to this year’s first weekly word and to those of you that have taken the time to read them, thank-you. I hope they are a blessing to you. Some have said that my posts are too hard, that I should soften them somewhat. Well to them I simply say “the truth stands alone, whether we agree or disagree”. Beloved, we are in the last days and the truth must be told. Some are so concerned with pacifying people and God forbid if you say something to offend someone,all hell breaks loose. If I don’t tell you the truth as the spirit gives it to me, then woe unto me. My intentions are not to deliberately hurt anyone, only for you to ponder and search yourselves. Having said this here is this week’s word.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:8

How many of us are so far from these words or state of being? The answer lies within each one of us. Do you know what love is? I know that for myself for many years I didn’t know; I only knew I hadn’t found it in my life. When I went out into the world love was one of the things I was searching for. Truly, I believe we all are searching for love; both the good and evil have that yearning to be loved. We may not know love, but we desire it. Without love we have emptiness or a void in our soul.

Let’s explore the desire for love and how it affects our lives. Not knowing what love is sets us up to be deceived. The carnal mind cannot comprehend love; but it can comprehend lust. This takes on the form of love. We begin to think that love is self gratifying. This is far from the truth, because love is a giving spirit. It causes one to prosper and grow. Wherein lust takes and causes one to suffer.

Lust serves the flesh, which serves Satan. Love serves the spirit, which serves God. These two war against one another and have very different results. Gal. 5:17 Lust only cares for what “I” can get or it’s all about me. These carry over into our lives, relationships and family; causing all kind of problems. These problems go back as far as Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel and continue until now. Lust is the cause of most, if not all, of our problems in life. You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss (for the wrong reason), that you may spend it on your pleasures. James 4:2-3. The love (lust) of money is the root of all kinds of evil. 1 Tim.6:10. We tend to think that money will solve all our problems; how wrong that is. Money only makes way to fulfill the lusts of the flesh. There is no love involved. All kind of unspeakable deeds are done through lust. 2 Peter 1-4

Love accomplishes an entirely different purpose. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. Jn 3:16. In this we see that love is giving and not taking. It is the opposite of lust. We cannot love if we do not know God, by receiving his Holy Spirit, by being born again. Then we receive the spirit of love. Oh! How great a love He has blessed us with. Amen.

Some have tried to say that Jesus’ sacrifice was self-serving. I disagree, the sacrifice of Christ was God’s demonstration of His love toward us, even while we were yet in sin, He loved us and sent His Son to die for us that we might be redeemed back to Him. Rom 5:8, 5:10

Having said this, do you have the love of God in you, by His Holy Spirit? Rom 5:5. Have you been born-again? Do you know God through our Lord Jesus Christ? Are you walking in that love? Do you have a form of godliness but deny the power (Holy Spirit)? Consider these questions and the answers, only you and God know if you are living in lust or love.

God bless and keep you and grant you His Grace and Mercy through Christ Jesus. Amen

If someone say “I love God “and hate his brother or sister, he is a liar; for who does not love his brother or sister whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 1John 4:20