Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all
together in perfect harmony. Colossians 3:14 (NLT)
Paul gave us a whole list of great qualities: compassion, kindness, humility, meekness,
patience. Then he told us that these are
the symptoms of one who possesses love.
It isn’t the kind of romantic mush or lust you see on Desperate
Housewives; it’s agape’ love, unselfish.
It’s a God-kind
of love which does whatever is best for others.
This kind of love is only available in Christ. Only God changing you on the inside can give
you this. Many human qualities can be
faked; you can pretend to be humble or compassionate sometimes…but genuine
Godliness, doing anything truly motivated by love requires God on the inside.
Paul said it was like the garment they called a
girdle, a binding that held everything together. When you have love, genuine love, it holds
all sorts of blessings in their places.
I am a “fashion-challenged person”. I used to put together some pretty
interesting outfits. My ties never
matched my shirts or socks; sometimes I got dressed in the dark and I’d wear a
brown sock with a black one.
Friends and family used to ask if I bought stuff at
the Ugly Store.
Then love
changed everything. Elizabeth picks out
my clothes. I look better; I offend
less.
Love will make you do strange and wonderful things!
And it’s that way with God’s kind of love on the
inside…strange and wonderfully-blessed things will happen, and you will hardly
have time to figure out where it’s coming from; you only know it wasn’t you
doing it – God showed up and brought harmony.
For You Today
How do you feel about your
relationships with other people? Is
there a sense of harmony? Is it a
blessing to know those around you, or is it a weight you carry?
The foundational garment of love
is truly “one-size-fits-all”. And it
will make all the difference when it comes to how you get along with other
people.
Here’s a picture for you to carry
in your mind today: God is your heavenly
Father; you are the child; let him dress you up with love.
Think about that out on your
rocky road today, and have a great day!
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