Love: That’s All He’ Is Asking
By Grace Olumayowa Aideloje
Love, I can describe it in many ways: the only reason the Father gave His Son; the four-lettered word that clearly defines God; the most used, most misused, most abused, and most misunderstood word in the world today.
Love, I can describe it in many ways: the only reason the Father gave His Son; the four-lettered word that clearly defines God; the most used, most misused, most abused, and most misunderstood word in the world today.
For us Christians, love is the foundation, structure, and finishing of Christianity. It is the whole essence. Even faith, the almighty requirement for our victory, cannot work without love. This is the only thing God is asking of us.
He wants us to love Him as He’s loved us, in the four dimensions mentioned in Luke 10:27 (KJV). “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind…”
This means we must have a God-first lifestyle. He expects to be the center of our lives and first in all our considerations. He wants us to place Him above all else including ourselves; to love what He loves and hates what He hates.
This means we must have a God-first lifestyle. He expects to be the center of our lives and first in all our considerations. He wants us to place Him above all else including ourselves; to love what He loves and hates what He hates.
He also demands that we identify with Jesus openly, without any sense of shame or fear. We can’t be ashamed of someone we are crazily in love with. This kind of love does not come by power or might. It comes by the Spirit of God shedding it in our hearts. Therefore our prayer at all times must be: "Lord, shed your love abroad in my heart by the Holy Ghost."
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