I REALLY love today's "From Faith To Faith" by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland!
A FIRM FOUNDATION
These things I
command you, that ye love one another. John 15:17
In Luke 6:47-48,
Jesus said: “Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I
will show you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built an house, and
digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the
stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was
founded upon a rock.”
That’s probably a
familiar scripture to you. But today I want you to do something new with it. I
want you to put it together with what Jesus said in John 15:17: “These things I
command you, that ye love one another.”
Love. That one word
sums up all Jesus said for us to do. If you’ll build your life on it, even the
most violent storms of this world will be unable to shake you. It will make you
solid in every area of your life.
If you’ll build your
family on love, you can win back those the devil has stolen from you. You can
win them to Jesus with the love of God.
If you’ll build your
business on love, you’ll prosper beyond your wildest dreams. I had a friend who
did that. He went into a television and radio business in his church. He wanted
to buy a station from a Jewish man and he offered such a good price for it that
the owner was stunned.
“Why would you offer
me such a wonderful price?” asked the Jewish owner.
“Because the Word of
God says that if I will bless you, God will bless me. So I’m going to see to it
that you get the better part of this deal,” answered my friend.
Before it was all
over, that Jewish station owner had made Jesus Lord of his life. He and my friend
ended up prospering and preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ together on the
radio. When love rules,
prosperity can flow!
Commit to living the
life of love today. Commit to building your house upon the rock. Then when the
storms of life begin to blow—at home, at work or in any situation—you can enjoy
the solid security of knowing that love never fails.
Isn't that a powerful concept? We can't outgive God and we will never be able to 'outlove' Him either, BUT, we can imitate our Father by making the right choices and trusting in HIM to give us the ability to follow through! The more we put the Word of God into practice, the more faith, trust and confidence we will have in it. When others see the results that come to us with our obedience, they will be drawn to the God that never fails! AMEN! Here is Hillsong UNITED with "Greatest of These":
Shalom in Him!
