Daily Devo: Abiding in Love

Did a little Devotions.net today. The reading was one of those where I think western (logic) culture translations doesn’t mix with eastern (wholistic) culture well.

The takeaway of the devo is how Jesus is thhe means through which we humans learn about God. It reminded me of the first part of John, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.” It’s amazing to think the Bible is the masterpiece of the Holy Spirit’s work pointing to Jesus, and how Jesus points to the Father. The devo had a story about an amazing discovery once some light was shed in an ancient building.

My biggest challenge is feeling that because I know I’m not loving at times (mostly), I must not be a Christian. Very logical. Or maybe I am being loving, but just don’t “feel” loving. All very confusing sometimes. When you read the context of the verse, I don’t really get much help – if I have fear, then I must not think God loves me – “there is no fear in love”. So I guess this just means this is my growth area!

Prayer: Father, please help me to love like your Son. Spirit take over my mind so that I can love others better.

Author: Brett Veenstra | Category: Disciple | Comments(0) September 2006