I have heard many times that love is more than just a feeling; and although this is true, if love cannot be felt in any way then something is definitely wrong. Who wants to go through life practicing love as a discipline without feeling its reward.
Love is more than a verb; it is a deep expression of one's affection. When it is fully active within it will always both give and receive its rewards. The expression of love is always filled with blessings with the purpose to stir up various types of feelings: feelings of comfort; feelings of happiness; feelings of intimacy; even feelings of discipline (remember, God disciplines those whom He loves).
This weeks message at New Life Baptist Church is entitled, Loves Spontaneous Praise. I will be using the example of one of the most powerful expressions of intimate love between a husband and wife, sexual love (Eros in the Greek), and comparing it to the climatic effervescent love God has for you and me. God's love for us should erupt from the very depths of our souls. When we see another human being in need God's love should burst forth. When we see people being oppressed by others God's love should quake us into immediate action. When we sense the presence of the most High in the various facets of our lives the blessings of divine joy should explode from the very depths of our souls.
If we believe what we say that God's love is all powerful, then it should at least move us in the various expressions of our lives. It should take hold of the focus of our lives and make us see the world as God sees it. Jesus was moved in the mighty power of God's love when he look out over the multitude of people, in Matthew 9:36:
"When he saw the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd."
You have the full power of God within you. Praise the Lord!
Blessings,
-Leo
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