Love Is What You DO

Love is a verb. It is an action. It is something you do. However, when it comes down to it, many of us resort to declaring our love rather than portraying our love.

Jesus was someone who exemplified love in literally everything He did. He came to this world out of love. He chose a humble life out of love. He took the time to befriend, mentor, train, and inspire the twelve apostles out of love. He performed miracles out of love. He taught the multitudes out of love. Even when Jesus was dying on the cross, He made it a point to forgive His killers out of love.

Jesus' life was a model of what it means to love.

Think about your life. Do you really show love? Or, are you one of those who just say that you love someone? When you do something for someone else, is it truly out of love for them? Do you limit your love to just those who are close to you, or is your love available to all? Do you love no matter how you feel, or do you continue to show love even when it's inconvenient for you?

As children of the King, we should allow God's love to transform us to the point where we show love like Jesus did. God's love should permeate our beings to the point where we can't help but to show love everywhere we go and to everyone we meet.

Yet, too many of us are comfortable being selfish or stingy and we allow our love-growth to go lacking. We don't allow ourselves the joy of knowing what it really means to exemplify love. We stop ourselves from reaching the maturity that go wants to bring us to in Him.

And we wonder why the world is in the amount of disarray that it's in...

Today, make the choice to show love. Allow the love of Christ to take over. Let love challenge you to grow in your Christianity. Choose to show love not just talk about it. When opportunities arise, consider what Jesus would do and choose to follow His example.

Our Savior chose a life of love and was able to bring salvation to mankind. What can you accomplish if you follow His example?

Verse of the Day: Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour. Ephesians 5:1, 2