Galatians 5:13-14 (NIV)
13 You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. 14 The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
*One of the things that is amazing about this verse is the promotion of freedom. However, people aren't able to realize true freedom until they walk in one of God's greatest commandments: Love. We often have issues with fully being able to love others without constraints, embrace people without worrying about our own hearts being at stake, and loving in general in order to be identified as a true child of God and advocate for Christ's sake. Can you imagine if you completely exchanged your personal fears, doubts, and need to infuse selfishness with the complete and total submerging of the vulnerabilities of walking in love...Loving without looking for motive, testing reactions, and just being able to feel the inner most concerns of others as Christ does with us? It is a powerful source...So powerful in fact, that it gave Jesus the overwhelming compassion to die for our sins and rise again to allow us to regain our connection with God. Can u imagine that type of love? Jesus is suppose to be our ultimate example; therefore, if we could walk in that same loving guidance that He has, we could successfully embrace our purpose and make overwhelming changes within His kingdom. We could also walk in the expedient fulfillment of His blessings, and no longer be held back by time because we haven't fully embraced the sacrifice of things such as love. God never designed any good thing to be withheld from us (Psalm 84:11). Therefore, do not withhold the goodness of God's love from others because you are afraid of their reaction or to experience vulnerability. The world wants us to learn to be completely guarded and to watch our back, but if we are always on our toes then how can u fully expect to let someone in?
13 You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. 14 The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
*One of the things that is amazing about this verse is the promotion of freedom. However, people aren't able to realize true freedom until they walk in one of God's greatest commandments: Love. We often have issues with fully being able to love others without constraints, embrace people without worrying about our own hearts being at stake, and loving in general in order to be identified as a true child of God and advocate for Christ's sake. Can you imagine if you completely exchanged your personal fears, doubts, and need to infuse selfishness with the complete and total submerging of the vulnerabilities of walking in love...Loving without looking for motive, testing reactions, and just being able to feel the inner most concerns of others as Christ does with us? It is a powerful source...So powerful in fact, that it gave Jesus the overwhelming compassion to die for our sins and rise again to allow us to regain our connection with God. Can u imagine that type of love? Jesus is suppose to be our ultimate example; therefore, if we could walk in that same loving guidance that He has, we could successfully embrace our purpose and make overwhelming changes within His kingdom. We could also walk in the expedient fulfillment of His blessings, and no longer be held back by time because we haven't fully embraced the sacrifice of things such as love. God never designed any good thing to be withheld from us (Psalm 84:11). Therefore, do not withhold the goodness of God's love from others because you are afraid of their reaction or to experience vulnerability. The world wants us to learn to be completely guarded and to watch our back, but if we are always on our toes then how can u fully expect to let someone in?
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