Today I want to share the day's devotional from Kenneth E. Hagin's Faith Food for Winter:
The Love Law
February 12, 2012
"A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another" (John 13:34).
God's family is a love family.
And the love law of the family of God is, "That ye love one another; as I have loved you."
How did God love us? Did He love us because we deserved it? No. God loved us while we were yet unlovely. God loved us while we were yet sinners! (And think about this: If God loved us with so great a love while we were yet sinners and unlovely - when we were His enemies - do you think He loves us any less now that we are His children? No, a thousand times no!)
Love is the only commandment of the love family. If you love another person, you won't steal from him. If you love someone, you won't kill him. You won't covet his house. You won't tell a lie about him. Therefore, divine love is the fulfilling of the law.
Since love is the law of the family of God, one step out of love is a step into sin. If you've made such a step, repent and get back into walking in love. To fellowship with your Father, to walk with God, to walk in God's realm, you must walk in love - for God is love.
Confession: I love others as Christ loved me. Love is the law I am under. I walk in love. Therefore, I have fellowship with my Father Who is love.
God's family is a love family.
And the love law of the family of God is, "That ye love one another; as I have loved you."
How did God love us? Did He love us because we deserved it? No. God loved us while we were yet unlovely. God loved us while we were yet sinners! (And think about this: If God loved us with so great a love while we were yet sinners and unlovely - when we were His enemies - do you think He loves us any less now that we are His children? No, a thousand times no!)
Love is the only commandment of the love family. If you love another person, you won't steal from him. If you love someone, you won't kill him. You won't covet his house. You won't tell a lie about him. Therefore, divine love is the fulfilling of the law.
Since love is the law of the family of God, one step out of love is a step into sin. If you've made such a step, repent and get back into walking in love. To fellowship with your Father, to walk with God, to walk in God's realm, you must walk in love - for God is love.
Confession: I love others as Christ loved me. Love is the law I am under. I walk in love. Therefore, I have fellowship with my Father Who is love.
This confession is good, but I would like to make it better! We CANNOT walk in love WITHOUT fellowship with the Father! We MUST spend time in the presence of the God of all Love in order to even be able to walk in love! The more we get to know HIM, Who IS love (1 John 4:8), the more we will comprehend Love Himself! THEN and ONLY then will we be able to operate in that kind of love! If you are willing to make that adjustment, then you will NEVER fail, because love NEVER fails (1 Corinthians 13:8)! Here is Hillsong with an older song, "Love Of God Can Do":
For the lyrics, check out this link:
http://www.sweetslyrics.com/432777.Hillsong%20United%20-%20The%20Love%20Of%20God%20Can%20Do.html
Shalom in Him!
