Daily Bread - Jan 17 2007

1 John 3:11 - "Because this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that you should love one another."

The message of God to man is a message that calls all men to the realm of love. This is the message that is behind every message in the Bible. God is love and if we are going to know Him and walk with Him then we must be willing to be obedient to His love (Romans 13:8,10; Matthew 22:40). The message of God's love was delivered to us in its greatest form when Jesus suffered and died for us. John uses this same word when he describes to us that God is Light and in Him is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5).

There should be no greater desire in man than to know this kind of love and this kind of light. How safe our souls should feel that the God of the Universe is so disposed to the nature of unchanging love (1 John 4:7-8; Hebrews 13:8; James 1:17). If you know God then you will learn to walk in His love and in His Light. The principles and choice of your interaction with everyone will have already been made for you; you will love them just as God loves them.

Blessings,

Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
abidingplace.org