Morning by Morning, March 29 - “That the World May Know” by God’s Love in Us
Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are One with the Father and One with the Holy Spirit; and in the mystery of faith and the mercy of grace, You desire to be One within me and within all who call on Your name. ...
“I in them and You in Me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that You have sent Me and have loved them even as You have loved Me” (John 17:23).
How great our Father’s love for us--the love of God You made known to us through Your life, death, and resurrection. “God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins” (1 John 4:9-10).
When we embrace Your love--the love of God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, abiding as One within us--then “the world may know” that we have a Savior, sent from the God who loves us and lays His life down for us that we may live with Him forever.
Your love is for all, “not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not perish but may have eternal life” (John 3:16).
But we all have the freedom to love You or not, to receive Your love or not. We all have the freedom to trust You and trust Your will and Your heart for our lives or not. And part of Your plan is to display Your love through us, through Christ in us, abiding in us, loving in us, loving through us. “So that the world may know” You love them (John 17:23).
So to all who call on Your name, to all who have received Your love in our hearts by Your grace, You say, “Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God” (1 John 4:7). “Little children, let us love, not (merely) in world or speech, but in truth and action (1 John 3:18). This is the commandment “we have had from the beginning, let us love one another” (2 John 1:5).
As You said to Your first disciples long ago, You continue to speak to Your disciples today, “By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35).
Yes, Lord. Make me one with Your heart today; make me one with Your love today. “That the world may know.” In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you be filled with the Love of God through Jesus Christ abiding in you and you in Him, so that the world may know the Love of God flowing through you today, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries
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