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It is God’s will for us to reveal this to our neighbors!

Debt is generally not a good thing to have, especially high interest debt. However, not all debt is bad, especially if you invest in well paying assets. The scriptures teach that there is one debt that we could never fully repay, and that is the debt of love: Romans 13:8 (Phillips)  “Keep out of debt altogether, except the perpetual debt of love which we owe to one another. The man who loves his neighbor has obeyed the whole Law in regard to his neighbor”. The Greek word “Agape” is not so much a matter of emotion as it is of doing things for the benefit of another person, that is, having an unselfish concern for another and a willingness to seek the best for other believers (Biblegateway.com). Are you daily paying your debt to your neighbor? Love is not just a saying. It is an action word. Love helps. Love heals. Love cares. Love provides. When we love, we reveal God’s will to humanity because after all, God is love!

1 John 4:7-11 “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.  In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.  Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another”.

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How do you show your love?

I love you! We hear this phrase in so many settings. I can love my spouse. I can love my car. I can love my dog. Is it all the same thing? In its purest form, love is an overwhelming feeling, and a solid commitment. True love is not just a statement. As an example, when a singer comes to town and sings before a live audience, they might say to the audience, “I love you all.” But in reality, they don’t even know the majority of people that are there. It’s just a nice thing to say. True love is different. In John 13: 34-35, Jesus gave the disciples “a new commandment.” The commandment was “to love one another, as He had loved them.” That takes love to another level. Jesus loved so much that He died for us all. Jesus left His glory to deliver us from sin and destruction. In Ephesians 5: 25 – 27 describes how Jesus sanctifies and cleanses us with His word. He will present us spotless before the Father in that precious day. That is true love. The question then is: Are we loving each other as Jesus loved us? Are we speaking words that cleanse and encourage each other? Are we dying to self so that others can live? Are we protecting each other, or are we backbiting and gossiping against one another? Are we bringing people closer to God with our lives, or are we pushing them away? Something to ponder  today.

John 13: 34-35: “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”