No one could ever convince me that Love does not exist.
Or, that it is just language for a mutually agreed upon construct,
or merely an electro-chemical reaction in our brains.
Because I’ve known Love to exist apart from these things,
transcendent,
powerful,
sovereign,
alive
—an agent that causes, not an effect.
Love is law that’s obvious to everyone when it is not obeyed.
God is Love.
In fact, that’s what brought me to belief: love undeserved,
love that existed
despite the fact that I had not acknowledged or participated in any semblance of a construct of mutual value or regard,
love that was experienced
despite the electro-chemical reactions in my brain: feelings of sadness and depression.
It was not my imagination.
It was not an emotion.
It was an encounter.
It is a Person I reliably meet every time I’m loved or every time I seek to express love.
And it matches Jesus to the letter as He is described in Scripture and even as I learn more about Him.
It’s a person that is not whatever we want it to be but a person with an identity just as distinct as a fingerprint.
It’s an ID everyone is wired to make. Everyone can tell what is more or less love, which is what makes John 13:35 true:
“By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
— John 13:35
“All will know” not by just anything we call love, but by something very specific as indicated in the immediately preceding verse:
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.”
— John 13:34
We can’t make Love whatever we want it to be.
“All will know” by love that Jesus is,
love that Jesus demonstrates,
love that Jesus commands.
“This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.”
— 2 John 1:6
Love is law.
“Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”
— Romans 13:10
Love is a Person to be obeyed.
“But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.”
— 1 John 2:5
God is love.
“He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.”
— 1 John 4:8
Want to know God?
Love
by obeying Jesus and express Love personified.
#perfectourlove