Morning by Morning, February 22 - “That the World May Know” through the Witness of Our Love Good morning, Lord Jesus. One with the Father, One with the Holy Spirit, be One within me. ... That’s just as You expressed as Your heart’s desire before You laid down Your life on the Cross for every one of us: “As You, Father, are in Me and I am in You, may they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You have sent Me. The glory that You have given Me I have given them, so that they may be one, as We are One, 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 17:21-23). ... In our oneness with You and oneness with one another, in the oneness of that kind of bond of the unity of love that the world can’t understand, there is a witness to a world desperately hungry for that kind of love that it doesn’t even realize. But “that the world may know” that You are the very expression of the love of God and that Your love is for all, You unite us with You -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God -- and You unite us with one another as a true witness like no other. Our greatest witness is our love. Even before preaching and teaching the truth, even before standing firm in the authority of our convictions, even before the demonstrations of Your power through the gifts of Your Spirit, our greatest witness to a weary and hungry and thirsty world in desperate need of a Savior is our love. Just as You said: “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:33). As The Message version of Scripture expresses in such everyday language: “My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. The person who refuses to love doesn’t know the first thing about God, because God is love--so you can’t know Him if you don’t love. This is how God showed His love for us: God sent His only Son into the world so we might live through Him. This is the kind of love we are talking about--not that we once upon a time loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as a Sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they’ve done to our relationship with God. “My dear, dear friends, if God loved us like this, we certainly ought to love each other. No one has seen God, ever. But if we love one another, God dwells deeply within us, and his love becomes complete in us--perfect love!” (1 John 4:7-12 The Message). Lord, let me be Your witness today--a witness of Your love “that the world may know” that You love them and laid down Your life for them that each one of them may know the love of God You have for them. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My Friend, may your love be a witness in your world to the love of God revealed in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, in Jesus' name. God bless you!
Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries Mailing Address: 412 S. Adams Street #148 Fredericksburg, Texas 78624
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