Love.
The worldly definition of love is all about me. it's all about getting. what can I get out this relationship? am I happy? does this person treat me well? can I do better? we base relationships off of sayings like; don't waste your time on people who don't don't deserve you. do what makes you happy, treat others how they deserve to be treated. Those are deceiving, they're lies. Reality is, the world's view of love is pure selfishness. We don't even realize it sometimes. Jesus' love is the complete opposite. It's all about giving. It's unconditional, He laid down His life for you. He said, when you don't deserve it, I love you. When you're hard to love, I love you. I died because I love you.
If you think about it, Jesus doesn't gain too much from being in a relationship with you, yet He loves you and pursues. We deserve nothing yet He gives us everything. His love is perfect. His love is selfless. That's true love. That's the kind of love we all crave, the love we do just about anything to receive from others. We all just want to be loved, wanted, chased after everyday, despite our flaws. That love is real and it's reaching out for you saying, "don't you get it? I'm all you've ever wanted. I've been here all along, I've never left you. I'm the missing piece. all I want is you. I just want you to love me back. Why are you searching so hard for love and acceptance in empty things when it's right here?" that love is Jesus. and you will never be satisfied without Him.
We are called to love like Jesus loves. 1 Corinthians 13 tells us what love looks like- How we are called to love.
Love is patient, love is kind,.. we've heard it before. But how does this affect our relationships with others? How does this look in our lives? / What if love wasn't "me first"? What if joy came from giving and not receiving? What if we stayed when it got hard? What if we showed grace when they didn't deserve it? Truthfully, it sounds easier than it really is. We tell someone, "Forever & Always" but what we actually mean is "forever until you hurt me. always until you're hard to love. I'll love you until I get bored." If we're going to be honest here, that's not love. Love is more than just a word; it's a noun AND a verb. We are called to love deeply. We are called to love when loving gets hard. We were given love, we are called to share that love. God is love. Without Him, we fail. We cannot, as imperfect humans, love on our own. We need Christ to step in and love for us when we are weak, when we can't. That's the cool thing about Jesus. When we can't, He can. The love he offers us is greater than life itself. It's fulfilling. It's abundant. It's unconditional. It's easy to search for this perfect love in relationships, money and possessions... but let's not get caught up in the unfulfilling, temporary things- let's remember the one one thing that can give us complete satisfaction and rest fully on Him. Jesus.
Let's not just understand what true love is, but let's learn to apply these verses to the relationships/friendships in our lives. Let's learn to love and love well.
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