Serve One Another in Love no. 2

“Finally, all of you, be one in mind and feeling; love as brothers; and be compassionate and humble-minded, not repaying evil with evil or insult with insult, but, on the contrary, with blessing. For it is to this that you have been called, so that you may receive a blessing. For ‘Whoever wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit, turn from evil and do good, seek peace and chase after it. For Adonai keeps his eyes on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers; but the face of Adonai is against those who do evil things’”(1 Kefa (1 Pe) 3:8-12). Loving people is difficult. Anyone that says the way of love is easy truly hasn’t tried to love people. A lot of people make it truly difficult to love them.

Often when you give folks love, the love you give will be returned with an insult, a curse, a harsh word, or even violence. BUT loving one another is what we are called to do despite the reaction of the other.

And this is where we see the difference between a Christian and a nonChristian, “What reward do you get if you love only those who love you? Why, even tax-collectors do that! And if you are friendly only to your friends, are you doing anything out of the ordinary? Even the Goyim do that” (Mattityahu (Mat) 5:46-47)! Folks are out there “matching energy” and “cutting people off” and that is not how it is to be with us. Folks are out there turning backs on their family and their enemies, that is not how it is to be with us. Radically loving one another is something the world notices because it is something the world does not understand.

The world understands hatred, insults, snarkiness, and violence. The world wants us to talk in the language it understands. The world will go low and try to take you with them. BUT we are sons and daughters of God and brothers and sisters of the King, so we need to act out of His indwelling Spirit of love. “But I tell you, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! Then you will become children of your Father in heaven. For he makes his sun shine on good and bad people alike, and he sends rain to the righteous and the unrighteous alike” (Mattityahu (Mat) 5:44-45). “But for now, three things last — trust, hope, love; and the greatest of these is love” (1 Corinthians (1 Co) 13:13).

Serve His Kingdom by serving one another in love.

Grace and Shalom to your home. The Kingdom of God is now!

I love you. I forgive you. Have a blessed and abundant day!

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