I received an e-mail from a reader of Words for the Day on my I Phone which has a rather small screen and I had to scroll through name after name, after name, to finally get down to the message.
I dislike receiving e-mails where tons of people have been copied and I’m thinking, this guy must have copied everyone that he knows with this message, and he knows a lot of people! He could have easily bcc’d them and avoided it.
So I’m exasperated and when I finally did get down to the message portion of the forwarded e-mail, it was comprised of just one sentence which read, “I’m sending this to you because I love you.” And below his short note he’d attached a message that I’d written encouraging folks to share Words for the Day with others.
That e-mail hit me like a ton of bricks and literally my eyes “teared” up and became blurry. It was just beautiful! What a powerful yet succinct statement to send to one’s friends, (and he didn’t even know me).
To me this person’s e-mail perfectly exemplifies the spirit in which we should go about our daily lives as Christians. This guy does what he does because of a Christ-like love for others. Not a love of this world, but a pure love that can only come from the spirit of God living within him, a love that emanates directly from Christ.
Jesus Christ looked down at the untold masses of humanity that were suffering mightily and were hopelessly bound by satanic chains of darkness and decided to do something about it. The holy Creator of all things living or otherwise, voluntarily left His majestic throne in heaven and His heavenly host of angels to lower Himself to be born of a virgin in a humble manger. He went on to suffer terribly and then He offered His life on a rugged cross in exchange for ours.
Demonic forces trembled and ran for cover like frightened rats as the love of Christ destroyed humanity’s bondage and satan’s demonic stronghold of death was crushed and defeated forever. Jesus arose and returned to His rightful place on His throne of victory and one day soon we will join Him and those who have gone on home before us for the biggest celebration and party ever held. It will last forever! HALLELUYAH!
When the Holy Spirit indwells a believer the love of Christ comes with Him. We do not innately possess it and it is only available to those who have been baptized by the Holy Spirit.
Is there anyone whom you love so much that you’ve expressed Christ-like love to lately?
Hmmm The Bible tells us in no uncertain terms that the Spirit of God indwells His children. Make no mistake it specifically tells us that God is love. If the Spirit of God indwells you, then you are love. If you are of love you will demonstrate love to others.
Do you exhibit God’s pure love with any discernable acts?
How about this week? Last week?
Hmmm . . . If not, does it make you wonder if the Spirit of God really indwells you? I hope not, but if so, it’s easy to ask God to enter your heart and work through you to pour out Christ-like love to those around you beginning today.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that
He gave His only begotten Son, that
whoever believes in Him should not
perish, but have everlasting life.
March 18, 2014 – Click here to listen