Song of Solomon 5-8, 1 Corinthians 13, Psalm 119: 97-104
1 Corinthians 13: 13 (ESV)
“So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the
greatest of these is love.”
Verse 13 from 1 Corinthians 13 show what Bible commentaries
have said are the three things that people of faith need to pursue. We need to
have faith in God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. We need to cultivate hope
in the coming of Jesus Christ, hope for God’s justice in our world, and hope
our prayers are answered. We also need to always look for the love in our
relationship with other people and treat them with love as God has treated us
with love. But when we are with God in his kingdom after our death, we will always
have love with God and with other people of faith. I think that’s why Paul said
love is the greatest thing to focus on for people of faith. We will always be
pursuing love when we are on earth, and we will have God’s love for eternity
when we are with him in his kingdom.
It sounds easy, doesn’t it? Just focus on love. But I know
for myself that to always act in a loving way towards other people is hard. And
depending on your family, showing love towards them could be harder. But if we
look to how Jesus treated people, we have our role model. Jesus was kind to
everyone include the sick, the oppressed, and unloved by society. The behavior
of Christ towards humanity was always loving, including his final sacrifice of
dying on the cross for our sins. If we think of how much Christ sacrificed for
us, we know the acts of kindness and love we show towards other people will
never equal what Christ did for us by dying on the cross. Whatever we do will
never compare to Christ, but it may give us the courage and inspiration to try
harder to be more loving towards our family and other people.
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