Love’s Unexpected Journey 

Love is an ideal and interesting concept, used popularly in the world today.

Even the secular world also has a definition consistent with what they perceive it is. 

However, there remains a proper definition of the meaning of Love which 

can only be within the confines of God’s kingdom.

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, 

that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”

Love Defined

Love I believe, is an exceptionally strong word and shouldn’t be used inadvertently.

First and foremost, God is love, not love is God 

Most times, people including believers think that it is God

And so when certain things happen they ask questions like why will a loving God send people to hell?

They forget to also answer the question, why will a person choose hell over a loving God?

Consequently and of great importance is the truth that God is the indices for determining what it is

Unless, there is another love we are talking about outside of God

But if so be it that the love we are talking about is within the context of the kingdom 

Then, God alone is the bandwidth and the yardstick of measurement 

It is God’s inherent nature, this is to say that it is the substance of his makeup; 

all of his characters and characteristics are an outflow of this.

That’s why, believers can only comprehend it from God’s perspective not theirs

If we don’t understand this, then we can’t grow into sonship or maturity 

Because even the Holy scriptures says in 

Hebrews 12:6 “For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth”

Additionally, if we truly want to define it, then our focus should be on knowing who God really is. 

God and His Love

A profound transverse through the scriptures will reveal several of God’s attributes, realities and character. 

That’s why sometimes, when we look at the scriptures or when Jesus talks about love, 

it seems as if he begins to point at something different. 

Of course, this is if we are truly able to grasp what the Lord tells us.

Furthermore, we know that God can’t stand sin but the Bible says in 

Rom.5.7 “For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

Rom.5.8 “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 

From the above scripture and context, it is clear that no man on earth would ever want to die for someone.

Even if such ever did exist, it is mostly rooted on the basis of self motivation. 

This is to show that regardless of how good we can say a person is, 

this goodness will never leave the boundaries of self. Hence, it cannot please God.

Unless somehow God finds away to help the person 

But here is God who would really not have anything to gain so to say 

Send Jesus, His only begotten, to die for us sinners. 

Indeed, we are loved by God.

Because of such love He had desired and called us into fellowship

In this regard, we are also instructed to love too.

For in obedience to this is obedience to all other commandments in the scriptures.

But this is not an easy thing to do if we have not received enough help from God.

For God alone can make man to love as He Himself loved.

The more of God in man, the more of love in Him too.

The Essence of Love

The very essence of love in a believer is God.

Where God is, is where this His essence is found as well.

Every believer must get ready to face this test and sometimes it comes in subtle ways.

That’s why, God has to help us otherwise we fail and repeat the class 

And even if we repeat, it seems we are doing despite to the Spirit of grace

Sometimes, I just think about how it will break God’s heart, and so even when am pained 

I just resign to the faith of the Spirit, besides I try to loose focus of myself 

and see what God wants to work in me ( usually very difficult)

I am more concerned about my walk with God. In  my decision to follow Jesus 

I didn’t do it out of compulsion or maybe because I was fed up with life persay

I really did count my cost to a small measure, so sometimes the thought of failing God 

Makes me pick up my mat and keep going even when scorched.

It is in our success in these tests that will cause an increment in the measure of God’s realities.

Finally, in our daily walk experience with God, we will be tested.

With even legitimate things as ministry 

When we choose obedience instead of the other way, 

we will excel in these tests and the quota of love in us will keep increasing.

Eph.5.1 “Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children”

Conclusion 

An assembly of loving believers is the best place to be.

A man who would love as God implies for us must have laid hold upon an ability in God to do such.

No man can do such by His strength. Our strength will verily fail.

So, when we yield to the Holy spirit and His word nonetheless of who the persons are or what they do, 

we are obeying the rule of law to love.

Only then will we be overcomers upon the face of the earth, living as Jesus lived on earth.

You can check the article Whispers of insight 

References 

Bible Inspire, Word by Word, The 

Believer’s Hub