This is a first! Two posts in a week is a big deal, but two posts in one day?! Whatttt
I don't normally do this.
Actually I have never done this before.
Playing never have I ever here for a quick second; never have I ever written two blogs in one day... until now.
It's normally a stretch to write one. I feel the urge to write and I do it. I know that I don't fuel my writings, God does; and I don't know about you but I don't tell Him no. (best of luck to you though if you want to give that a shot. Let me know how it goes though, okay?)
So this morning I wrote about doing things to please God.
Remember; Obey. Trust. Please God, Not Man.
I also talked a little about making sure your heart is in the right place in all you do.
One of my all time favorite songs, that I am basically obsessed with now and can and will listen to it over and over again (I am actually listening to it now as I write) is a whole song about 1 Corinthians 13:2. And here it is!
It even has the lyrics if you want to sit down and read along! I strongly suggest that you take time to really listen to this song. Think about what they are saying. Think about the message behind this song. I love this song but I really feel like the version with the monologue is the best one by far! This version is that version and the monologue is 2:15 in exactly. Listen carefully to this part.
"I am bankrupt without love"
Without love we have nothing. You can have the best intentions ever, you can say the kindest things, do the nicest things but if you don't have love in your heart all of that is meaningless.
"If I sing but don't have love
I waste my breath with every song
I bring an empty voice, a hollow noise
If I speak with a silver tongue
Convince a crowd but don't have love
I leave a bitter taste with every word I say"
wow. how powerful is that? I mean really think about it! 1 John 4:19 Tells us that we must love because He first loved us. Romans 5:8 tells us that He first showed love to us, even as sinners. If God can love us no matter what, we can love others no matter what. We can sing any worship song, lift our hands as high as we can, but if we don't love none of that matters. We can give everything we have, but if we don't give love then it becomes meaningless. Without His love we have nothing. Without loving others we have nothing.
Listen, I know just as well as you do that love isn't easy. Like the song says, love is a sacrifice.
I don't know about you, but I feel like it is definitely worth the sacrifice. Without love, you are nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:2 tells us that "if I don't love, I have nothing" I don't know about you, but I would rather make that sacrifice and love than have my words and actions be wasted and meaningless.
"So no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I am bankrupt without love."
Romans 13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Galatians 5:13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
Ephesians 4:2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
1 Peter 1:22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
God has told us a number of times through a number of songs, a number of verses in the Bible, and His selfless actions that love is key.
Do I want my songs to be empty? my words to be bitter? my breath to be wasted? Definitely not. I don't want to make it to Judgement Day and have God say "Good try, but you were missing something... didn't I tell you over and over and over again to love? Did I not tell you without love that you would have nothing? That your words would be empty, that your words would be bitter, that your breath would be wasted?"
Obey. Trust. Please God & Not Man. Love.
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