2/24/12 11:34 p.m.
Love always. Love moves mountains. It breaks down defenses. It melts contention. When others see your love, they will want to be cooperative. There will be no reason for them to fight you. Love always. Love all. Exercise patience while others see your love. For some, it may take time to see it. It may take time to trust. Be consistent and it will come about. Love always. Love all, even those who do not deserve it. To love all is to love like Jesus. To love like Jesus is to fulfill My will for your life. Love is powerful.
Have you ever been in a situation where you’ve said, “… to make that happen will take ‘an act of God’… that person will never change… that situation will never resolve itself… it’s a complete waste of time, talking to them is like talking to a wall… those two people, those two cultures, will never get along’? I have and, honestly, I still find myself there sometimes.
In the book of Matthew, Jesus said that Faith can move a mountain. One definition of faith is ‘complete trust or confidence in someone or something.’ In the context of Matthew, faith is complete trust or confidence in God Himself. Trust that He is who He says He is. Trust in His goodness, His mission, and His direction. But ‘who’ and ‘what’ is God?
God reveals Himself through scripture. He is Sovereign, the Creator of heaven and earth. He is Father, Son, and Spirit. He is described as good, holy, righteous, just, compassionate, merciful, kind, gracious, faithful, trustworthy, patient, and slow to anger, to name a few. There are endless ways to describe our Creator and, even then, we would still fall short of grasping all that He really is. He is beyond us. Indescribable really. Despite this, we must try. So… back to moving mountains. For this, the trait I would like to home in on is that God is ‘love.’
God is love. If we have faith in God, if we have ‘complete trust’ in Him, then we can be assured He is who He says He is. And if He is love, then we can have faith (complete trust) in His love. For us and for others. Because of God’s love, our personal mountains of sin and unfaithfulness were not just moved, they were taken away completely, through the death of His son, Jesus, on the cross. Therefore, if we wish for things that seem impossible, if we wish to move mountains, then it stands to reason that we can do so by emulating God’s love. By dying to self daily. By not needing to be first. By not needing to be right. By thinking of ourselves less in order to think of others more.
You see, love is ‘an act of God.’ It moves mountains of hostility, fear, and division. I dare you to move mountains. Try God’s love on today.
“…Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” (Matthew 17:20 NIV)
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another…” (John 3:34 NIV)