The Lord is awe-inspiring, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in 1 John 4:7,
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”
Our God is a wonderful God. In every aspect of his being there is that which is to be found that brings adoration, admiration, love, reverence, respect and fear. All we need do is but look. Even just cast a glance to behold our majestic God of splendor and we can’t help but be hopelessly drawn to him. This morning as I consider what it is we are asked of him through John I marvel at him: he asks us to love one another!
What is so unique and wonderful about that? As I think of it I recognize we live in a world where most look out for themselves. They elbow one another out of the way to get theirs. Often those in the world exploit one another for their own personal gain, whether in the workplace, in “romance”, at home, even in many churches.
As I consider what God asks of us, I find it so refreshing and wonderful. He could have asked us to snoop on one another, to be the boss of one another, to use others for what we need as it might be a while before the Lord returns. He might have asked us to “carry out jihad against the infidels”, to punish one another, to take advantage of one another to achieve certain goals. But not our God… he asks us to love one another!
What a reflection of his character to ask this of us. “God is love.” 1 John 4:8. And what a wonderful God he is!!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your theme of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We’d love to hear from you!
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