Love, Joy, Peace! In His Word 2-12-2024
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might
remain in you, and that your joy might be full. John 15:11 kjv
Throughout the Word He has given us reason after reason that
Jesus or some other person spoke and then had written out some words or phrases
that are now in the Word of God, our Bibles.
The odd thing is that so many people do not see the good
things, they see the commands to be good or you don’t make it to heaven instead
of the wonderful and perfect things God puts before us.
I have to admit it is so easy to get caught up into the
wrong way of thinking when we do not keep our eyes on Jesus, and sometimes we
can get caught up in the cares of this world, or even life itself even when we
have read our daily read. This is why it is so important to do more than just
one weekly reading, or one daily verse. Though both of these are good for
babies in Christ, just as they too begin to eat more and more and grow more and
more in size; we need to ingest more of the Word so that we may grow as Christians!
We can grow in wisdom and knowledge, and we can grow in faith, and hope, and
love!
Peace is not something I have read as something that grows
but it can overwhelm us when it seemingly happens up on us.
Today, as its February, we are reading about love, the love
of God. God’s love is pure because God is actually love. The Bible said so! The more we follow God’s commands to love one another as He loved us the more we will
know that love in a more powerful way because when we love Him, and He loves
us, then we realize the joy that is in Him will also envelope us. The same as
Peace can overwhelm us, His love can too! When He overwhelms us with His love
we realize what a great thing this is that He loves us so much.
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain
in my love. If you keep my commands, you
will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in
his love. I have told you this so that
my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have
loved you. Greater love has no one than
this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do
what I command. John 15:9-14 niv
The more you love
others, the more He loves you, and the
more He loves you, the more you can love one another! It’s a beautiful circle
isn’t it?
This week, read as many verses on Love, thank God for His
love, and then go out and spread that love around, in Jesus’ name!