"God is Love" so His voice not only speaks Love but also "acts" out Love to everyone, everyday, believer and non believer.
He always "has been", is today, and always will be Love. He cannot change, He is unchanging. If tomorrow comes He will be there with us, Loving us. As it is today He is here with us, Loving us.
God is the perfect depiction of 1 Cor 13:4-8.
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
As we abide in Him and He abides in us we become one with the Father and walk as Jesus walked...........In Love with our Father and all mankind. It is a natural adaptation that takes on priority and bonds every effort to complete it's practice. God did not expect us to do this on our own, actually we couldn't so He gave us the Holy Spirit to accomplish it: "for the Love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit." Now "those who are called by "His name" have no excuse not to Love God and one another.
He commanded, then He enabled. Case dismissed. We are without excuse.
If I am not mistaken we are in "today" right now. Notice that the Scripture states "If" you hear my voice? God is always speaking but the question is "are we listening?" God requires a "daily" hearing of His voice so that we might "see our Father doing His works and do them also" and of course "His works" is expressing Love to everyone.
Love is the redemption process in action.
Did you ever think of 1 Cor 13 4-7 as a "redeeming" process?
Look at it very carefully.
"Charity suffereth long", means that there must be something to suffer from the one being shown love and the benevolence on the behalf of the one Loving to continue in Loves expression.
"Charity envieth not", must mean that the one being shown Love is in the position to return Love but resists the effort or takes advantage of the Love received.
"Charity vaunteth not itself", could mean that though Love comes from a position of power or authority it doesn't "lord" it over the one being showed Love to abuse even if the person in question is rebellious.
"Is not puffed up", Love never thinks or shows itself to be better than everyone else, even though the one Loving (God) is above all.
"Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;"
In each of the above attributes Love covers (or redeems through) each of these temptations with a pure heart and a forgiving spirit that is consistent with godliness or Gods character.
"Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;" this dictates that the one who is being Loved is both sinful and a liar. "Let God be true and every man a liar." "All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." Yet Love still is shown.
"Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things." This sort of wraps up the "depth of Love" He love us with and redeems us from.
"Love never fails."
Love always redeems.
Every aspect of Love is there to better the one being Loved and bring them into a "more intimate relationship with the one who Loves."
Today may be the special day set aside to express Love but "everyday is Today" and we should with all diligence "here His voice" and continued to be redeemed by His love and made whole.
Does this sound like we have work to do in attitude and action concerning Love? Is Love just a word that we throw around to feel good?
To me Love is the continual expression of making the people I Love "know" that they are appreciated, accepted, forgiven, and exhorted so they can "be all they can be in Christ and now in this life."
Love sets free! Anyone who is truly shown "the Love of God" by those who possess it will soon succumb to it's consistent embrace and take "solace" there, being inspired to Love as they are Loved.
Lets treat everyday like "Today" and Love as Jesus is Loving us, with unfailing devotion.
Love Through Christ
J&E
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