My guest today is Kim Sorrelle. She is the Director for Rays of Hope International. She is an award winning author and she is an International Speaker.
If you’re familiar with 1 Corinthians 13, you know this chapter is referred to as the love verses. They describe the importance, depth and beauty of God’s love for us and since He loved us first, He also expects us to love others in the way He has modeled for us. I’m not sure about you but I really, really struggle to love like God loves.
I want to love like God loves. I know I want someone to love me the way it’s described in 1 Corinthians Chapter 13. I want a love that is patient and kind. One that does not keep a record of wrongs and that covers over a multitude of sins. Wait, that might be yoga pants but you know what I’m getting at. Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
In 1 Corinthians 13 we’ll focus on verses 4 through 12. Verses 4 though 8 describe the way God loves us. Verses 9 through 12 tells us what it will be like when we leave this life behind and step into eternity. For Christians this means we step into God’s presence.
Everything about this life is but a mere shadow here and these verses compare this life to being a child with regard to the way we think and reason vs the way we think and reason as an adult. You didn’t think the same at 20 years old like you did when you were 13 years old. You didn’t think the same from even 16 to 20.
My point being, as we age we grow in our understanding in short, thinking like a child is completely different than thinking like an adult. Same is true when it comes to what we perceive about this life now vs when we stand in God’s presence.
Face to face with God will give us a depth of understanding that is unmatched by anything we had previously understood. In eternity, what we thought we knew here and what we find out to be true there will be mind blowing to say the least.
Let’s take a look at verses 4 through 12 of 1 Corinthians 13 because I think it’s a great chance to meditate on what God is saying here. Take the time to look at the whole chapter.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Verse 8 sets us up for the transition from what love is to leaving this world behind in exchange for face to face with God in eternity.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
Let the beauty of God’s instruction seep into your heart. What could life be like if every person took to heart, God’s instruction on love? Hurt people would no longer hurt people. We could hold others accountable for the purpose of love, we could speak the truth in love and not be afraid. We’d be like iron sharpening iron.
Love would reign in every heart. Think about what that means for families alone. Love is what we’d emulate and spread. Why can’t love be as contagious as hate?
Check out all that Kim had to share. May she bless your heart like she did mine!
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