Do everything in love. 1 Corinthians 16:14

Only 4 little words – but these 4 words really tell us exactly what Jesus tries to teach us. These 4 little words teach us that everything, not just what we want, but that everything is to be done in love.

Our lives include many people and maybe many people groups. They include our home life, our jobs or school life, our social life and even ministry. They include mornings, afternoons and evenings. And during these times and with these many people we may be associated with, we are filled with feelings and emotions of all sorts. These feelings and emotions can jump all over the place – they can have us up, excited, down, angry and many more!

So the bible tells us to love through it all. We are to love when we are up, we are to love when we are down. We are to love when we are in pain and when we are weak. We are to love when we are angry, we are to love when we are emotionally hurt. We are to love when disaster strikes. And we find that these are the times when loving is the most difficult.

So how do we truly love during these times? By keeping our focus on God Himself – for God is love. When we realize that He is love and He is the one giving love and He Himself is what we give when we give love, then I find loving is easier.

Realizing there is no pain with love for God is love – I find loving easier. When I realize the pain Jesus had to endure to love, I find it easier. And it is only through faith in Him that I can truly love during these times. It is through faith in Christ that I can love the unlovable.

Today I love because of these 4 little words: Do everything in love!