A New Kind of Love
There is a love like no other. A deep, compassionate, all-absorbing, everlasting—LOVE! Left to ourselves, we do not know how to REALLY LOVE unselfishly, but coupled with God, we learn to love as Jesus loves. In reading, we see the words of another, speaking about the deep-encompassing love of Father God. See the words of Bill Bright—
“When Christ comes into your life and you become a Christian, God gives you the resources to be a different kind of person . . . . He provides you with a new kind of love.”
Left to ourselves, we do not know how to REALLY love. We grapple with caring for those we have been given to love, we struggle with loving them more than we love ourselves, and we wrestle with giving them more of ourselves whenever we may be reserving our energy or struggling to rejuvenate our own fatigue. Love for another, as Jesus leads us to do through His illustration, through His demonstration, and through His guidance is not easy, but loving as Jesus loves is what we are called to do.
In God’s Holy Word, there is a “love” chapter, one that reminds us what this love of God looks and sounds and reveals to another. Please Read With Me the Excellence of Love.
“Love is patient,
Love is kind and is not jealous;
[Love] does not brag and is not arrogant [not boastful or rude],
[Love] does not act unbecomingly;
[Love] does not seek its own [does not demand its own way],
[Love] is not provoked,
[Love] does not take into account a wrong suffered [love keeps no records or tallies],
[Love] does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
[Love does not ever rejoice about the injustices found in this life.]
[Love rejoices whenever TRUTH wins!]
[Love] bears all things,
[Love] believes all things,
[Love] hopes all things,
[Love] endures all things.
Love never fails; . . . “
(1 Corinthians 13: 4-8)
Christ Jesus loves this way.
Jesus loves us more than anyone.
Christ Jesus teaches us how to love others this way.
Jesus leads us by His example.
Jesus will love us all the way to heaven, if we allow Him to, because He stands ready.
And Jesus will love this way—through us—to others if we allow Him to.
On the third day, after Jesus’ crucifixion on the cross, Jesus arose from the dead.
Jesus arose to new life—on the third day.
Today, I ask you to pause in your reading & listen to a beautiful melody, one sung by Third Day—“Born Again.” Please Listen With Me.
“I was lost when You found me here/And I was broken beyond repair,
Then You came along and You sang Your song over me.
It feels like I’m born again/It feels like I’m living/For the very first time/for the very first time,
In my life. . .
That the love that I feel, is so much more real than anything.
Only the beginning.
Born Again.
Living.
For the Very First Time.
Breathing.
Moving.
For the Very First Time.
You came to Me.
You gave to Me.
Life . . . Like I’ve Never Known Before.
Living for the First Time—In My Life.”
Exhaustion. Pain. Suffering. Hopelessness. Busyness. Turmoil. Misplaced Priorities.
These things steal away our peace.
Jesus offers “A New Kind of Love.”
Jesus offers “A New Life.”
Jesus Does!
In God’s Word—the Bible—we read of a time when Jesus’ disciples were exhausted. They needed space from the crowd, rest from the demands, and just time alone with Him. It is here, we see the LOVE of JESUS in action.
Please Read With Me the Demonstration of Love.
“The people saw them going, [the disciples and Jesus] and many recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them.
When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; . . .
Jesus knew they were hungry.
Jesus knew they were longing for what only He could give.
Jesus knew they were lost, chasing what their heart needed most.
“And He said to them, [to the disciples], “How many loaves do you have? Go look!”
And when they found out, they said, “Five and two fish.”
And He commanded them all to sit down by groups on the green grass.
They sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties.
And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed the food and broke the loaves and He kept giving them to the disciples to set before them; . . . .”
(Mark 6: 33-41)
If we invite Jesus into our exhaustion, into our trials, into our situations, into our struggles, into our busyness, into our hopelessness, into our pain, into our relationships, into our daily work, and into our lives—Jesus will come & Jesus will stay & Jesus will keep on supplying ALL THAT WE NEED.
Jesus—He Is A New Kind of Love.
Jesus—He Leads to Amazing Solutions.
Jesus—He Helps Us With Our Difficulties.
Jesus—He Loves Us Like No Other!
Jesus—He Is The Sabbath Rest—Forevermore!
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.”
(John 3: 16)