1 John 4: 21 #bible studies # daily devotions #devotions # love # word of God
Anyone who loves God must also love
their brother and sister.
Love is the
very nature of God, and when He created the first two people on earth he input
into them His nature of love so that they can live in the Garden of Eden and continues
to love each other. This is the first family unit that God had created and put
together. The family unit is to exist in love so as to encourage and build each
other.
Love builds,
cherishes and nourishes but hatred tears down and destroys. We can see these
two elements very clearly in families. Some families are built on the
foundation of love and the word of God whereas others which do not have love
and the word of God exist on another environment of hatred, jealousy, and
enmity even between husbands and wives, brothers and sisters.
The
foundation of a peaceful world is built on love. Without love the world is in
chaos and there is no peace. To achieve world peace, it must start from the
first piece of the social fabric which is the individuals in a family. This is
precisely what Jesus is saying to us today that we must love our own brother
and sister within the family as well as within the extended Church family.
When we walk
in obedience to what Jesus taught then we would be in the perfect will of God
and our lives will become testimonies to the world. Jesus taught in John 13: 35
By this shall all men know that ye are
my disciples, if you have love one to another. The world needs love and it
is looking out to seek genuine love. The children of God must be the light that
will lead the world into this love.
Again Jesus
said in John 15: 10 If you keep my
commandments you shall abide in my love even as I have kept my Father’s
commandments and abide in his love. The important issue here is that to
generate love we need to go back to the source of love which is from God and
His word. When we turn to God and connect with Him in prayer and worship we will
then be able to receive His love.
Secondly
when we begin to study His word and to apply it to our lives, then we will experience
a transformation in our lives, the word of God will quicken our spirit man and
will check our behaviour and actions. It will also enable us to comply with
what the scripture teaches. Again we need the scriptures to guide our walk in
the Lord, when we obey the scriptures we will then be putting on the spiritual
armour upon ourselves and we will become more and more like Jesus and we will
be protected in our lives.
In the last few
days, I have become aware that there has been an increase of spiritual attack
upon families and individuals as the devil is moving very fast in this New Year
in his work of tearing down and destroying the fabric of the family.
I was
listening to some prophecies for this New Year and one clear word if that this
year will be a year of surprises. These would be good as well as not so good
surprises depending on which end of the surprises that we find ourselves in.
The clarion
call is that we must prepare and equip ourselves as spiritual warriors for the
Lord, there are going to be great things that God is bringing to the world and
the devil is also aware of this, he has started his plans to tear and destroy
even from the starting block for this year. Let us not be caught off footed but
let us be fully protected by putting on the full spiritual armour. After having
done that we must stand and resist the devil.
Eph 6: 13-18
Wherefore take unto you the whole
armour of God that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done
all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having your loins
girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
And your feet shod with the preparation
of the Gospel of peace;
And above all taking the shield of
faith, wherein ye shall be able to
quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
And take the helmet of salvation, and
the sword of
the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Praying always with all prayer and
supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and
supplication for all saints.
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