Christ’s Compelling Love

Love Is Your Greatest Gift

14 Either way, Christ’s love controls us.  Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life.   15 He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them (2 Corinthians 5:14-15; New Living Translation).

What a powerful scripture this is!!  If I had to choose a verse that best describes the work of Christ in someone that has been transformed and impacted by work of the Holy Spirit, this would be it.  In Paul’s second letter to the church at Corinth, he states that it is Christ’s love that controls, urges, and impels the believer to do what they do in Christ.  As a result of the disposal of the old life, you and I no longer live for ourselves.  Rather, we live to Love God and Others and to carry out the assignment given to us by God, while on this earth.
Christ’s love is what controls you and me, and urges us to share an infinite love that changes and transforms the lives of those we come into contact with. The evidence of this love is a life no longer lived for selfish reasons.  As the scripture states, we live for Christ, controlled by His love, and sharing this love and compassion given to us by God with the rest of the world.

Remember…Love God and Love Others for ‘Love Is Your Greatest Gift.’ (1 Corinthians 13:13)

Love Can Do the Impossible

Love Is Your Greatest Gift

15And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:  16But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea (Exodus 14:15-16, KJV).

It is amazing how far a little faith and obedience will take you. There was nothing special that Moses possessed that allowed for the Red Sea to be parted. Nor, did he have any special gift or talent to push back those waters that appeared to be the end of Israel’s exodus out of Egypt. What Moses did possess was a Love and intimacy with God that allowed him to hear God’s voice and transform a simple rod into a ‘Red Sea parting mechanism.’  There was no power in the rod. That same shepherd’s rod in anyone else’s hand would have yielded absolutely no results. It was Moses’ Love for God and obedience to His voice that parted those waters and led the children of Israel across and away from pharaoh’s army.

You and I can part any Red Sea, overcome any obstacle, and accomplish any feat, when Loving God is our priority and obedience to His word becomes our chief purpose. For those who Love God and for those who choose to obey God, regardless of the circumstances or the command; will do the impossible, because at that point, everything has become possible to them.

Remember to Love God and Love Others for ‘Love Is Your Greatest Gift.’ (1 Cor. 13:13)