PROMISE #287 - OCTOBER 14
Promise #287:
If you make your home in love, you live in Me and I live in you.
1 John 4:16 (WEB)
We know and have believed the love which God has for us.
God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God,
and God remains in him.
The WEB Bible says that if we remain in love, we remain in God. We could also translate this to mean that if we make our home in love, we make our home in God, for God is love. Think about this image for a second. If love were a house, your heavenly Father would give you complete run of the place! You could go to the refrigerator anytime, kick off your shoes in the living room, lie on the couch, etc.
If love were a house, then it would stand to reason that our Father would want us to be comfortable living there. But my question is... Are we comfortable living in love? Are we comfortable with the intimacy and vulnerability of living in love? For many of us, even the word 'love' might have a broken meaning. For us to learn to be comfortable living in love, God must redeem our understanding of love.
In 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, we read the Apostle Paul's description of love...
4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, 5 doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 6 doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails. (WEB)
To comprehend the kind of love that comes directly from God Himself, we need to be comfortable receiving it. In 1 John 4:19, the Bible says, 'We love because He first loved us.' If you want to learn how to be comfortable living in the house of God's love, ask Him to teach you how to receive it daily.
The more we can receive our Father's love, the more comfortable we will be making our home in love. As we live in God’s love for us, others will see its impact on our lives and want to live there, too!
If you make your home in love, you live in Me and I live in you.
1 John 4:16 (WEB)
We know and have believed the love which God has for us.
God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God,
and God remains in him.
The WEB Bible says that if we remain in love, we remain in God. We could also translate this to mean that if we make our home in love, we make our home in God, for God is love. Think about this image for a second. If love were a house, your heavenly Father would give you complete run of the place! You could go to the refrigerator anytime, kick off your shoes in the living room, lie on the couch, etc.
If love were a house, then it would stand to reason that our Father would want us to be comfortable living there. But my question is... Are we comfortable living in love? Are we comfortable with the intimacy and vulnerability of living in love? For many of us, even the word 'love' might have a broken meaning. For us to learn to be comfortable living in love, God must redeem our understanding of love.
In 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, we read the Apostle Paul's description of love...
4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, 5 doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 6 doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails. (WEB)
To comprehend the kind of love that comes directly from God Himself, we need to be comfortable receiving it. In 1 John 4:19, the Bible says, 'We love because He first loved us.' If you want to learn how to be comfortable living in the house of God's love, ask Him to teach you how to receive it daily.
The more we can receive our Father's love, the more comfortable we will be making our home in love. As we live in God’s love for us, others will see its impact on our lives and want to live there, too!