A Different Love
Luke 6:27-28
“Because spiritual love does not desire but rather serves, it loves an enemy as a brother. It originates neither in the brother, nor in the enemy, but in Christ and His word. Human love can never understand spiritual love, for spiritual love is from above; it is something completely strange, new, and incomprehensible to all earthly love.”
—LIFE TOGETHER
We tend to love those who love us. A love that serves the enemy and thus expects nothing in return for itself is a quality of love that does not come naturally. This kind of love can only be given to us. Christ through the empowerment of His Spirit desires to weave such a capacity in the fabric of our lives. But we will never know the extent of this capacity until we risk to use it.
Thought
The nature of love is much more a doing than a feeling
What is your prayer thought for today’s lesson?