Loving Jesus Part 10

LOVE…always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.  Love never fails.  (1 Cor 13:7, 8)

Love transcends knowledge.  Love transcends emotion.  Oh sure, it involves knowing, and the results of love trigger our emotions, but to love God (who, in every essence, IS love) encapsulates our entire being. 

I would not have been able to truly know love without first experiencing Jesus’ love for me.

When I come into harmony with my Creator, then and only then, am I able to experience the love that accompanies the God of creation.

Jesus said "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”  (Matthew 11:28, 29)

When I experience love with my body, soul and spirit, the reward is entirely unexpected. 

All of my Christian life I had heard about “the peace that passes understanding.”  I had heard about “freedom from the bondage of sin.”  I had heard about “the joy of the Lord.”  But none of those phrases held any meaning for me until I was willing to humble myself, and earnestly seek the presence of Jesus; forsaking all else.  Until that moment, I never really knew.  

Now, I have the joy and privilege to say that I have been gifted with the knowledge that Jesus’ love is real and alive in my life. It has overwhelmed me with peace, where no problem is so difficult He cannot solve.  And I am greeted, in the morning, with unspeakable joy.

Corny?  Not at all. But it is so unexpectedly real. Is this my spirit every day?  Of course not.  But it is what I seek and what I know is possible when I walk with my Jesus.  

I will fail; we ALL fail to love God as He deserves.  But this list of always protecting His name before others, and always trusting Him, and always putting my hope in Him, and always persevering against all odds… is something only God can always do.  But as we grow in the love He is constantly revealing to us, we continue to establish our love for Him and return it to Him in a more steady measure.  

So even when my love for Jesus fails, love never does. Because JESUS never fails!

copyright 4/15/2015