Increased Love

 

You call me Master and Lord, and rightly; so I am.

Jn 13:13

The New Jerusalem Bible (New York: Doubleday, 1985)

How wonderful a Teacher we have! Sometimes we seek Him in the house, but He is not there. We go forth seeking Him and find Him perhaps in the wilderness or on a mountain praying, or leading some poor blind man by the hand, or eating with publicans or sinners, or asleep in a storm, or conversing with a Samaritan woman, or surrounded by wrathful men, or bearing a cross. It is not merely His words that instruct. His place, His occupation, His companions, His environment, His garment, His silence, His submission—all teem with instruction. And they that learn of Him are made like unto Him.

George Bowen

Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997)

How does God cause our love to “increase more and more”? By putting us into circumstances that force us to practice Christian love. Love is the “circulatory system” of the body of Christ, but if our spiritual muscles are not exercised, the circulation is impaired. The difficulties that we believers have with one another are opportunities for us to grow in our love. This explains why Christians who have had the most problems with each other often end up loving one another deeply, much to the amazement of the world.

Warren W. Wiersbe

 The Bible Exposition Commentary, vol. 2 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1996)

The words of the Lord are life. He spoke them and there was life. If fact, He speaks today, and there is life. Live by that word and you live the eternal life.

May the good Lord bless and keep you safe.

Remember to "Always Love The Details."