| “…whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.” |
| —Romans 13:8c |
I once heard a Bible teacher declare:
“The flow of God’s love, from our hearts to others, is like water bursting over the top of a dam.”
This description serves as a wonderful image of how the God-breathed love within those of us who believe in the life-transforming work of God in our lives, through the blessed Lord Jesus Christ, should impact the world around us. We also must admit that Scripture often contains instructions that seem very difficult to enflesh. Our sin nature always remains at war with the new nature Christ has given us, through the in-dwelling Holy Spirit. Here’s just one example from Romans 13:8:
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.
We know that we are to allow God-breathed love to flow through us and touch the lives of everyone in our lives. But, most of us have at least one person who has treated us so unfairly, even despicably, that it is very difficult to allow God to love that one through us. Even so, that is our calling—that is our instruction.
As we cruise into the fullness of this week, let us not forget to pray for hearts so full of God’s love that His love will flow over the top of whatever “dam” our stubborn and selfish human will may have built to keep His love from overwhelming the one person who has treated us so hatefully. If we bend our will to God’s perfect will in this matter, then—and only then—we will be able to have a truly good day. Yes! Let us joyfully allow the flood of His love to overflow!
Based on a post from Tuesday, March 10, 2015
