The Best Way

“Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13:13 CSB)

The kind of love that represents God’s kind of love (agape) is beyond human reach. It is 100% God’s kind of love. It is as far beyond our understanding and reach as the end of the universe is beyond our imagination. Human beings are incapable of love at this level. We are capable of loving, of course, but nowhere near to the extent that God is. Sounds a little hopeless, doesn’t it?

The reality is that God gives His kind of love to us as a spiritual gift. He shares with us through His Holy Spirit within us the capability of demonstrating this kind of love. When you think about this a bit, it becomes an astounding truth.

This kind of love exceeds human experience and turns all that we know, or think we know, into transparency. It is greater than anything that can be produced by language or knowledge or even faith. There is no fear in this kind of love, and no attempt to display “shock and awe.” It is completely unassuming.

God’s kind of love enables us to focus fully on the needs of another person or persons. Consistently. There is no self-seeking in it.

Whereas other human experience ultimately ends, God’s kind of love is eternal in nature. Everything else passes but this. That is because “God is love.” That does not mean that love is God. It just means that God is love, and because He is eternal, so is His love.

Father, Help us today to demonstrate Your kind of love through our lives. Consistently. Amen.