1 Corinthians 13:4-8
"Love suffereth long, and is kind"
Love is not premeditated, it is spontaneous, it burst up in extra ordinary ways. There is nothing of mathematical in Paul's category of love. We cannot say "Now I am going to think evil; I am going to believe all things." The characteristic of love is spontaneity. We do not set the statements of Jesus in front of us as a standard; but when His spirit is having His way with us, we live according to His standard without knowing it, and when we look back we are amazed at having lost interest of a particular emotion, which is the evidence that the spontaneity of real love was there. In everything to do with the life of God in us, it's nature is only discerned when it is past.
The springs of love are in God, not in us. It is absurd to look for the love of God in our hearts naturally, it is only there when it has been shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. If we try to prove to to God how much we love Him, it is a sure sign that we do not love Him. The evidence of our love for Him is the absolute spontaneity of our love, it comes naturally. In looking back we cannot tell why we did certain things, we did them according to the spontaneous nature of His love in us. The life of God manifests itself in this spontaneous way because the springs of love are in the Holy Ghost (Romans 5:5)
May God Bless You
And Your Families
Minister: Robert A. Lail
The Cross Life Ministry
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