Hello readers welcome back to this week’s blog post .
I’m the kind of person that likes to understand the full meaning of words. This weeks post I title it sacrificial love . Sacrificial love can also be termed Agape love which is a profound unselfish commitment to prioritise another persons needs wellbeing or salvation over one’s own comfort rights or desires. To me that’s a whole lot of Love. To unselfishly prioritise another person’s needs over your own, yeah that is Jesus to me. Don’t get me wrong I’m sure that we have all made some sacrifices for the person or people we love at some stage, but this is different. This is an act of love that is done without second guessing. A love that doesn’t look at their own needs or how it would benefit them but just loves unconditionally.
Can we just thank God for Jesus for a minute. Like wow.This is the kind of love that has died for us and would do it again and again to show us that we are loved by him. Since we’ve all celebrated valentines with our significant others or friends it made me dwell on how I give and receive true love. Love is an action word. It is something that has to be done to another. Biblical love is not envious, proud, or self seeking. The Bible says that we are to love our God first with our whole heart and mind, then love our neighbour as ourselves. To love God you have to love people. Even the most difficult people we are commanded to love in truth.
It’s no surprise that the first fruit of the spirit is love. When you love in truth the spirit of God who leads in all truth produces that fruit first and then loving becomes first nature to you. If you are someone that has never felt genuine true love I understand how hard it can be to give love, I’m here to remind you that the creator of the universe is deeply in love with you. His love does not require you to do anything but just receive it. His love is sincere, kind and thoughtful. His love is a safe place. I can testify to it because I experience his loving kindness daily . I see his love in how my husband loves me and leads our home , I see his love in my son’s smile, I see his love especially in his intentionality in the ordinary moments in my life.
We don’t deserve this kind of love but he gives it anyway. To me Jesus He is everything good that I would like to be. What a God!
I pray that you always find peace comfort and love in God 🫂
With love
Sonia
AN ECHO OF HIS VOICE 