"Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us." - 1 John 4:11-12
When you experience
something amazing it is only natural to want to share it with everyone. If somebody reaches out and rescues you from
something, it makes it much easier to do the same for somebody else. Every time somebody is compassionate or
loving to you, you feel empowered to do the same to others.
1 John 4:19 says
that, “we love because God first loved us.” As you spend time reading Scripture
and choosing to abstain from things so that you can make room to "delight
in God," it is our hope that you would encounter the overwhelming love of
God through Christ. As you encounter this transforming love, it serves as a
catalyst for extending God's love to others.
2 Corinthians 5:15-21
says that since God reconciled us to himself through Christ, we are then
empowered to be ambassadors of God’s love.
By looking at ourselves through God’s eyes and seeing that we are
offered reconciliation through Christ, we can then look at others around us and
see that God desires for us to reach out and love them as well.
As Jesus commands us
to love others, he reminds us that this not only includes our friends and
family but our enemies as well. Allow God to stretch you during these next 40
days as you become a channel for God's love in and through you to everyone
around you.
