Pursuing Love Brings In Power

Pursuing Love Brings Power

This formula when I first thought about it scared me. Love and Power in the same sentence - in the same thought pattern did not really seem to fit together. At least not the love that is talked about in 1 Corinthians 13 - that agapic - unconditional love seen in the redemptive act of Jesus. We hear the word "love" and we think "nice" "calm" "hopeful" we hear the word "power" and we think "control" "strong" "decisive." They seem at best to be contradictory and at worst inflammatory towards the other.

IN REALITY - the formula above is exactly right, pursuing love brings power to our lives. As we pursue the love of God - we find forgiveness for our own sin, reconciliation to our own God and restoration relationship with our God. As we pursue the love of humanity we also find forgiveness, reconciliation and restoration. The love talked about in the Bible - isn't a noun but a verb. It is an action that we take, not an object of affection. As we love God we are given more power for loving others. As we love others our capacity and strength for loving grows exponentially and cannot hardly be measured. But it can be seen and understood. Loving others means "doing good" to and for others. Loving means to forgive faults and accept people for who they are - even if we don't "feel" like it. When we love like this - we become powerful. When we love like this, lives are changed. When we love like this, hope is found. Broken hearts are mended. Broken relationships restored. When we love like this the lame are made to walk and the blind are made to see. The hungry are fed, the naked are clothed. That is the kind of power I want to have.

Pursue love my friends, pursue love.

On the Journey -

YourPastorDude

David