Daily Bread - Feb 03 07

1 John 2:10 - He who loves his brother abides in the light and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.

Walking in the light allows us to see very clearly where we are to walk. When we have light before us we can see clearly the choices that we are to make at every turn in the road. This verse helps us to more fully understand what it means to walk in the Light as He is in the Light (1 John 1:7). Jesus said, "A new commandment I give to you that you love one another with the same love that I have loved you" (John 13: 34; 15:12; 1 John 3:23). God has called us to walk in His divine love (15:19; 17:26; 1 John 2:15; 4:7-8).

We know that love is the fulfillment of the law because love works no evil (Romans 13:10). We also know that God's divine love has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5). All we have to do is to yield our members unto God and the glory of His love will flow out of us as rivers of living water. The Greek word for divine love is "agape;" it is found 116 times in the New Testament.

Father has made it very clear to us that He demands that we walk in His kind of love. If we fail to recognize that this love only flows from the Spirit of God then we have missed the most important point of the New Testament. Walking in love is the realm where there is no occasion or opportunity to stumble or fall (2 Peter 1:10).

Everyone who has been transformed by the life-giving power of the Name of Jesus has been given the life of the Holy Spirit. The very essence and proof of this life in God is expressed by the love of God (1 John 4:7-8; 1 John 3:14; John 13:35). All we have to do is to yield our members as instruments of righteousness unto God and allow these glorious realms of the love of God to flow out of our hearts.

Blessings,

Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
abidingplace.org