Everything else in the Christian life flows from love. Love is the central generator of every gift of God and every gift that is given to you is activated and expanded by love. As you learn to live in love you will find things about yourself that you would never have otherwise known. As you love others and extend yourself for others the capacities that God has given you will emerge like a flower from a bud. As you affirm others in love your words will be filled with prophetic power that will give life, as Ezekiel spoke life into the dry bones (Ezekiel 37). If you allow love to drive you to persistent faithful prayer for someone in need you will see amazing works of God through your prayer. If you will engage with someone else’s life in love then you not only bring help, you open the way for truth. People can argue against your ideas but they cannot argue against love. Love carries the truth of God into people’s hearts because love is truth. Lead out with love. It is not complicated. Step out in love for someone today. And then step out again and again. Make acts of love a life habit. Affirm people often. Do not focus on building yourself up in people’s estimation. Build others up and speak words of affirmation and blessing that will bring healing and restoration into their spirits. Do this and you will become a powerful tool for the Kingdom of God.
Start working on this good habit today – bless someone with an act of love.
Read 1 Corinthians 13 again
