Just A Few Of My Thoughts…

“Now, because of your obedience to the truth, you have purified your very souls, and this empowers you to be full of love for your fellow believers. So express this sincere love toward one another passionately and with a pure heart. For through the eternal and living Word of God you have been born again. And this seed that he planted within you can never be destroyed but will live and grow inside of you forever. For: Human beings are frail and temporary, like grass, and the glory of man fleeting like blossoms of the field. The grass dries and withers and the flowers fall off, but the Word of the Lord endures forever! And this is the Word that was announced to you!” 1 Peter 1:22-25 TPT
Although we have been born again, according to His Word, and even as we are living with the seed that he planted within us, the Holy Spirit, we continue to be challenged daily. Living a life pleasing to our Lord requires sincere love, the kind he showed as he endured the lashes tearing his body to shreds, for our healing, and being nailed to a cross with the shedding of his blood in order that our sins be forgiven.
In this passage, Peter is describing this ‘Sincere Love’ as a love that involves selfless giving, the love our Father showed as he gave his Son as a sacrifice, in order that we might live. All we possess, including all we have accomplished will fade away like the dried grasses, or the fading flowers as we see them wither each fall. Realizing that if we live according to His Word, with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, we can love others, as Christ loves us, leading to our peace, and our eternally with Him, should create in us a longing for His Word.
Heavenly Father, help us to remember, that due to your Sincere Love, and the importance of all you gave, and continue to give, as we ask, to be ever so thankful.
In Christ Love
Margaret