Proverbs is filled with so many wise does and dont's that sometimes it is difficult to really grasp every one of them. There was not a specific one that jumped out at me today but the perspective that I got from chapter 13 was about that we should be humble. Humility from accepting advice (v18) or not taking everything for yourself but leaving some for the love of your children (v22). What a difficult concept to act upon at all hours of the day. That kind of leads us straight into 1 Corinthians....
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." - I Cor 13:4-7
How many times have we heard that? Better yet, how many times have we heard this one?
"He answered: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" - Luke 10:27
Love is the biggest part of being a Follower of Christ but it's not just any kind of love it's humble love. Show others, showing the Lord and even showing yourself humbled love is the key to being closer to God. Paul talked about how he could preach all these different things and even move mountains but if he was not doing it out of love then how meaningless it was! Jesus Christ came to this earth, humbled himself into a filthy sty to poor parents and then gave up His life in one of the cruellest ways in history. Now get this y'all, He did it for the glory of the Lord and because His love for you, with a type of love that we will never be able to replicate or even truly imagine. Do everything out of love and have faith in Jesus and His love for you and you will be rewarded with the free gift of partying with Him in Heaven forever!
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." - I Cor 13:13
Be humble stewards of love today men!
Pew
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