God's love is a TRANSFORMING love. 1John 4:7: "...whoever loves has been BORN of God and KNOWS God."
Divine love is not satisfied to leave us like it found us. God will NEVER be satisfied until we are the very image of Jesus Christ. And so, He "causes all things to work together for our good...that we might be conformed to the image of His son" Romans 8:28,29.
If God loves you He will transform you...and keep on transforming you...and keep on transforming you. He is relentless in love. And in His omniscient sovereignty He is using EVERY circumstance and interaction of every day to make you like Jesus...especially the HARD ONES! Romans 5:3-5.
A love that allows others to stay the same...to remain in ignorance or self-destroying habits or blindness to sin without seeking in every way possible to bring them to the light and to the freedom of Christ is really NO love at all. Well...that is not really correct. It IS love...self love.
But God will NOT love us in that way. He WILL have His way with us. When we cooperate through willing and joyful submission and obedience His love becomes a heart-filling elixir of wonder and awe. But if we will NOT cooperate, His love WILL be tough. He chastens those He loves (Hebrews 12).
Let us cooperate. Let us be wise to what HE in love is up to.
OH, LOVE THAT WILL NOT LET US GO!!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment