As we are celebrating the love month, I made a special treat for everyone.. This time, let's talk about love, a different kind of love.
"The greatest love of all is easy to achieve, learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all" sounds familiar right?, it's an excerpt from W. Houston's "Greatest love of all", I definitely agree to the first line of the song's chorus that the greates love of all is very much easy for us to achieve, we actually got it even befire we were born. But, I totally disagree with the second line stating the the greatest love of all is loving only yourself, what I mean is, loving your self does not necessarily mean you've already found it. It is only one of the key in finding that greatest love.
Now, what really is the greatest love? who gave it? and where do we find it?
As I've said, the greatest love of all is just there, you don't need to find that special feeling as the lovers do, but rather you need to seek the one who gave it to you. If you take a look at the bible, there you will find many verses that talks about different kinds of love. The love of manking to each and every creatures of the earth, the love of a father to his prodigal son, the love of a mother, brotherly love, the love that leads to marriage, and the love of God. Now I'm making sense, and did I say "the Love of God"? Bingo!, I've already given you the answer, the greatest love of all is God's love. Why? Let's take a look then at John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (NIV). This verse only shows that God our Father gave Jesus to us for us to be saved and proclaim his glory to mankind, thus also for us to proclaim his glory.
Ok wait! I'm gonna divide the verse into two section. First, God gave his Son, Jesus. If you take a look at Luke 1:28-31, an angel appeared unto Mary and brings her a good news, she will conceive the Son of our Lord. But, there's more that God do, God allowed his Son to die on the cross for us to claim the gift of salvation. I mean, who would have thaught of letting his Son suffer and die for us to be saved? Only God!
For the second part of the verse, it clearly states there that we are saved and have received the gift of eternal life, as what I have always been telling you. As the bible states "...whoever believes in him shall not be perish..." and as Jesus proclaim it on John 14:6, "... I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes through to the Father except through me"(NIV). Jesus is the only way for our eternal life, He died on the cross for us to receive this wonderful gift.
Now to sum it up, the greatest love of all is the unfailing love of God, and for us to achieve that love, is for us to have faith and believe to his plans for us and to confess that Jesus is Lord, the Prince of Peace, and the way for our salvation.
Take time to read the bible and then you will find many ways on how God shows his love for us. But remember to reflect God's glory to others, it's not about us... IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM!
To God be the Glory!
Thursday, February 22, 2007
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