Friday, March 14, 2014

Who Do You Feel Like Hatin' On Today?

Who do you feel like hatin’ on today? There is a good chance that THAT person is the one God wants you to love on today! There is a good chance that God is wanting you to demonstrate His love to THAT person today. I know. I know. You gotta hate it. Nevertheless, God said that you will know His people in their love for one another. We look the most like Him when we love the unlovely, the ungodly, the people that peeve us off the most. --- We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.--1Jn.4:19-21---Try this today. Take a second, if you need it, to think about that person that really gets under your skin. Maybe that sent you a stupid text today or something. Maybe they did something and you’re pretty sure that they were “pushing your buttons.” Stop and take a love detour. Do not respond as the natural man would, giving hate for hate. Instead, see what happens to you and them when you do not respond in kind. The Bible tells us that “no man has seen God at any time.” Yet, it also tells us that we make God visible, when we shower the love of God on others, especially the undeserving. Try it. I guarantee, you will turn a nasty text conversation into a smiley face if you are genuine. Oh, by the way, this peeves Satan off, and it is okay to peeve him off. :)