God and I have been on this journey through life. There is a covenant between He and I. I am following where He leads. YES, it is turning my normal upside down, but my faith in Him is right side up. I am ALL IN.
In my devotions on November 1, 2018, I had asked a question to God. What does my mission look like? I wrote those words down in my journal, knowing that my heart was open to hearing the words He wanted to tell me.
That morning, I wasn’t sure what ALL IN would look like, but God knew. “Seek and you will find…” part of Matthew 7:7. I was knocking on that door. God opened the door for me to come in and join Him in His work.
I want to share with you what God sent to me. Just a few hours after writing that question down, sitting in an office morning’s worship, my answer appeared on the screen in front of me. God showed up and showed me what my ALL IN would look like.
“Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with Him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us, but to give everything of Himself to us. Love like that.” Ephesians 5:1-2 (MSG)
God showed me what His type of love is, and to follow the example. IT IS an incredible love that He has for us. This love that is ALWAYS there, and NEVER runs out. He loves and wants us to love each other in return.
This world is crazy, and every day something happens. I am thankful that in the crazy of this world, that a fire in my heart has been lit, and God is showing me the path of love. Love has the potential to change people if we are open to that change.
The speaker at that worship didn’t know my journey, but God did. God knew that I would get my answer in a way that would be a “HELLO” moment. This verse was on a screen right in front of me, and I could not ignore it. Especially with the opening four words, and the last three words of the verse.
“Watch what God does….Love like that”
I am keeping company with God to learn a life of love. That is where I will learn to have the extravagant love, and not just to those people that are the closest in my life. Observe how Christ loved us, a love that is extravagant.
My heart is growing, and every day God shows up to help. That is the amazing thing. He doesn’t say that we have to do this on our own. He says, “keep company with Me and learn from Me.” I am learning from the Master, the Creator of Love. I am learning from the originator of love.
“Above all, love each other deeply,” 1 Peter 4:8
This is my “Do Something” moment, or my mission-love people, and show them God’s love.
It is a love that allows me to lift you up in prayer in both the good times and the bad. It is a love that wants to shine the light of God’s love to your darkness. It is a love that celebrates and rejoices when you see that Perfect Love of God.
At first loving people seems like a simple task. However, when I look at the example that God gave us, it is not simple. In fact, LOVE is the greatest thing that we can do. It’s more than just the Hallmark type of love.
So, I want to share the Perfect Love of God with each and every one of you. I want you to realize that there is an AMAZING love that God is just waiting to show us. I know that He loves me so much. I want to share that with you. I want you to know the Love of God.
“And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13
Love of God has POWER. It is more than a feeling. Love breaks down barriers, it breaks chains. Love is overgenerous. When we don’t deserve it, it lifts us up. When I love people without expecting anything in return, people know it.
I am thankful that God is my example. His love is my path to love others. God loves me, and I can love people and help lift you up to show them God’s love for yourselves.
There is power in the name of Jesus. There is power in Love. There is power to break the chains that have held each one of us.
I am on my mission to show God’s love. We, need to shine that Amazing Love, Perfect Love, EXTRAVAGANT Love.
Dear Lord,
I am thankful that You love us with Perfect Love. I am thankful that I get to love people with You as the lead. I want to watch what You do and do that. I want the love I share to all people to be the extravagant type that you show us as the example. Thank you for loving me with that extravagant love.
In Jesus Name Amen
Written by Laura Maxson
