Eph. 3:19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
It’s funny how something that is so uninviting to the natural man can be such a passion to the spiritual man. What am I talking about, I am talking about the strange attractiveness that becomes irresistible to the one caught in the attracting love of Christ. This love of God makes the things we had no interest in, the passion of our lives. What kinds of things? Things like the Bible, church meetings, worship music, and especially talking about Jesus Christ. He becomes the center of our world when we yield to His grace and love. A. B. Simpson talks about this grace and love found in Christ in this excerpt from one of his teachings.
“It is by faith that the sinner first experiences the forgiveness of sins. Together with the free grace of our Lord Jesus, the new believer also receives the sincere, fervent love for God and his fellow man. When we approach the throne of grace, it is in answer to the eternal love of God and of the Lamb. Paul calls it an “undying love” (Ephesians 6:24). This is the description of a special quality of love—a love that you can also have within you!
We should strive to live in the incorruptible, unbroken love of Jesus as the Father desires of us. If we open our hearts to the Holy Spirit, the pure love of God will enter and we shall find that His grace is exceedingly abundant.”
What an amazing truth, this love not only draws us, it actually converts us and comes to live inside of us. This love that captured our heart begins to fill our whole being. Suddenly, we are consumed with an incredible love for God. Not only do we love God, we begin to experience a supernatural love for people. Those who once aggravated you now have a special place of affection in your heart. This is the sure litmus test for conversion. This is how John described it.
“We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.” 1 John 3:14
How can we continue in this love? It is really quit simple, as we abide in Christ this love abides in us.
John 15:9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.
Gods’ Love….awakening,enduring,satisfying,filling,sustaining,mystifying,,,,and far beyond words or human limited ideas or understanding… where would we be if not for the Love of God ?! Amen for that day,that instant in time when the atomic bomb of Love destroyed the dead person I was.
HALLELUJAH, a HUGE HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU JESUS/HOLY SPIRIT, 3IN1!!! YOU ARE MY STRONG TOWER KING.
I CAN REMEMBER WHEN HE CALLED ME AND I STARTED SEEKING HIM IN THE MORNING DAILY READING MY BIBLE AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIM. HE HAD TOLD ME KEVIN I WANT YOU TO GO TO YOUR NEIGHBOR MRS. ETHEL AND CUT HER GRASS FOR HER. SHE WAS A WIDOW, LIVED BY HERSELF. SHE WAS A MEAN CRABBY WOMAN THAT COMPLAINED ALL THE TIME, I COULD NOT STAND HER. THIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS AND HE SAID KEVIN GO CUT ETHELS GRASS . FINALLY I GAVE IN HAD TO, HE IS SOMETHING ELSE, WELL I WENT AND KNOCKED ON HER DOOR AND ASKED HER IF SHE WANTED ME TO CUT HER GRASS AND SHE SAID YES. SO I CUT HER GRASS FOR HER AND SHE WAS PLEASED. MY WIFE THOUGHT I WAS NUTS BECAUSE SHE KNEW I COULD NOT STAND HER. BUT ANYWAY HA, THE LORD IS AWESOME. THEN THE NEXT STEP WAS LEADING HER TO THE BIBLE. SHE WAS ALWAYS AFRAID VERY FEARFUL OF WEATHER AND ETC. WELL STARTED PRAYING WITH HER DAILY. WE BECAME CLOSE, SHE REALLY HAD NO ONE SINCE HER HUSBAND PASSED AWAY. BUT ITS JUST AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN DO WHEN THE LORD ASKS YOU TO DO SOMETHING. IT WAS KIND OF SCARY BUT IT WAS ALL DONE FOR THE LORD. HE GAVE ME EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO GET IT DONE. SHE ALSO STARTED COMING TO CHURCH WITH ME. GLORY TO THE KING OF KINGS. STEP OUT AND JUST DO IT. GOOD MORNING PASTOR FRANK, HALLELUJAH, HAVE A GTEAT DAY IN OUR KING JESUS, LOVE YOU, GREAT BLOG… OUR GOD IS AWESOME AND POWERFUL….
I believe it was Robert Morris who said: when we get filled with Passion for JESUS it will DRIVE all other Passions/Lusts (and I add Activities) OUT OF OUR LIFE !!! It just fills us UP !!!