The Love Given to Us by the Father

1 Corinthians 13:7

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 

God is love.  His love is unconditional and without end.  His love for us is expressed explicitly through the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus.

God's love bears all things. Through His love for us, He provides the blood of His Son to wash away all of our iniquities.  He forgives all of our sins. 

God's love believes all things to be good in accordance with His promises in His Holy Word.  He views all His children in the best and the kindest manner.   Because of the victory of the Cross, He does not accept the lies of the enemy against us.

God's love provides us with hope in all things.  Through His loving promises, we are given hope through all of our circumstances for a future that we cannot see.  We are given hope that we will one day live in glory in His presence in His house. We are given hope that all will be right and well with us for all eternity.

God's love endures all things.  With patience and a loving spirit, He endures all of our failures in the flesh for the sake of the Gospel and the sake of His Son, Jesus Christ.

God expresses His love to us in all these ways so that we may love Him in return and share His love with the world around us.  As vessels of the love that He has given us, we are capable of extraordinary service to those around us.  We are capable of bearing all things that others bring against us.  We are capable of enduring all of the attacks of the enemy. We are capable of believing in the eternal good of every man.  We are capable of proclaiming hope to the world that is expressed through the perfect love and forgiveness that we have received from the Blessed Hope and Assurance, Jesus Christ.

Let us become vessels of the perfect love given to us by the Father through His Son.  Let us show those around us how His love has changed our lives.  Let us have the world know us by our expressions of His love.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for Your perfect love.  We thank You that Your love flows to us without end.  We exalt the name of Jesus, who is the complete expression of Your love. We pray, Father, for the Holy Spirit to guide us, instruct us and prepare our hearts so that we may be living testimonies of the character of Your love.  May the world have hope because they hear us proclaim Your Good News and see the fullness of Your love in us.  We ask all these things in the name of the precious Lamb of God, Jesus Christ.