The Power Of Love

I Corinthians 13:7 Love Beareth all things….

Love is the essence of who God is. Through our daily walk with Him and study of His WORD, we are transformed into His image and likeness and grow into that abiding love that beareth all things. It’s easy to say we love God whom we have never seen, yet hate our brothers and sisters we see everyday. Today, we want to look at the power of love and how we relate to one another.

The word “beareth” comes from the Greek word, STEGO, which means “to protect” or “to preserve by covering” and “to keep off something which threatens”, “to bear up against”, “to hold out against”, and so “to endure, bear, forbear”. Additionally, it means “to roof over, to cover with silence or endure patiently”.

God has made us to be social beings. In the beginning He said it’s not good for man to be alone. So He created a helpmeet for Adam. Helpmeet means one suited or fitted to make him complete. Eve was Adam’s second self. Adam was created to reflect the glory of God, but the woman was created to reflect the glory of the man. Seeing she was taken from a rib from Adam’s side, just beneath his heart. Though wired differently, they were designed by God to benefit and bless each other socially, mentally, emotionally, and physically.

Because we’re wired differently as male and female, quite naturally we won’t see the same thing, the same way. When shortcomings surface in our lives as we communicate with each other, it doesn’t mean we necessarily abrogate individuals out of ours lives. When two minds disagree, it simply shows two schools of thought about the same subject. We tend not to view it that way in the heat of the moment. God allows people in our lives who are different and may help to make us balanced. If we love only those who agree with us, then our love is partial.

God enables us to cover with love those whose disposition may be rough around edges. When the power of God’s love is in full operation, we can see the good in the worse of us. It doesn’t mean they we have arrived, but that God has positioned us through our character to help make up the difference in someone’s life. Marriage is a prime example of this. Usually, opposites attract each other, why? We tend to attract people to our lives who have traits of character we desire that make up the deficiencies in us. One spouse may be strong spiritually while the other may be weak. Subconsciously, the weak spouse is attracted to a person who possess a strength they need filled in their life.

God loves through us to help that person get where He wants them to be. Each of us have enough strengths and growth potential that keeps us loving, encouraging, and aiding each other until death do us part. We cover and protect through love the person brought into our lives. Forgiveness and reconciliation is God’s desired goal for all of us. The Lord looks beyond our faults and sees our needs. Bearing one another’s burden through the power of love will eventually produced in the person the desired change needed. Living the life before our brothers and sisters is a seed sown in their lives. It may not germinate overnight, but they have something to think about over time.

Remember, love is love until it’s tested and given away, so let’s give love until it HELPS, not hurts!