Our Heavenly Father loves each of us unconditionally!Today's Scripture:
God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
1 John 4:16
When it comes to love, the Greek language is incredibly descriptive. It has four different words to distinguish between four kinds of love: the love of friends, familial love, sexual love, and unconditional love. This last kind of love, agape, is the one mentioned most frequently in the New Testament. It describes a love bestowed on those who are undeserving, in spite of the possibility of rejection or heartbreak. Agape is so unique that, outside the Scriptures, it is found in only one ancient Greek text, where it describes parents' unshakable love for their only child.
God loves you like an only child. His love can't be earned or lost. He loves you simply because you are his. If you are reading this little Selah blog today for the first time or the 160th please note the agape love is why I write. This is just a brief glimpse of this most high God that chooses each of us to love as his children even when we don't choose him and when we don't even know he is right by our side all the way. God is more than the source of agape. He is agape. His very essence, his nature, is love, given without obligation or expectation. He loves unconditionally because that is who he is.
Abide means "to dwell." When you invite God's Spirit to dwell in you, agape takes up residence.
This gives you the ability to love others the same way God does, without condition. Whether you choose to use that ability is up to you. Unconditional love can lead to disappointment and sorrow. It led Jesus to the Cross, but that choice ultimately led to a victory that could not be gained in any other way. Allow Agape to help you love unconditionally. Others will catch a glimpse of God through you. On a recent visit I had the opportunity to share God's agape love with someone who did not want it but received it just the same. Don't let that opportunity pass you by today when God calls on you to do the same.
Selah people' and friends, to share agape , you have to dwell in God and he in you. That kind of intimate relationship grows through spending time together in prayer and studying Scriptures.
"Peace be with you as you share the love that our heavenly Father has for us unconditionally."
Your pastor,
Rev Muston (PreacherPatrick)
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