Love

09.24.10

Love

I'll admit, love has been somewhat of a "soft" topic for me... 

Defending widows and orphans, or spiritual warfare, or forcefully advancing the Kingdom of Heaven, or leaping over buildings with a single bound... now THOSE seem like good, solid, "meaty" topics that any Christian man would love to hash out...

but LOVE?

My mentor group has been discussing the concept of love since January, roughly.  We've nearly exhausted all angles, including God's love for us, our love for God, our love for each other.  

I had no idea, prior to this study, just how critical the concept (and action) of love is to the tactical Christan walk!

Ephesians 3:16-19 (New Living Translation)

¹⁶ I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. ¹⁷ Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. ¹⁸ And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. ¹⁹ May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

 Christ will make His home in our hearts! Then, our roots will grow down deep into God's love, so that we will be strong!


... then and only then... we may get an understanding of just how


wide...

long...

how...


deep...


... is the father's love for us.  


And through this understanding, we get access to the "fullness of life" and power that comes from God. 


But it takes a willingness to allow the Love of God to be poured into us first (through Christ Jesus)... THEN our roots will grow.  


Love seems to be the most critical foundational component to everything.  Through our father's love we have the power to love.  


Awesome.