Love is True Success — Good Character is Shown by Love

Daily writing prompt

Are you a good judge of character?

Love is true success. Without love we’re just making noise. Without love success status symbols mean nothing. No matter what we accomplish in life, without love it profits us nothing when we’re dead.

Love is the proof of God’s presence. Nobody has seen God with their physical eyes; but when we tenderly love people in both words and actions, God is living and working in and through us. (1 John 4:12)

True love is supernatural. It comes from God not from us. (1 John 4:10) God is love. People who don’t experience and surrender to God’s deeply moving, genuine love for people, don’t really know who God is. (1 John 4:7-8)

God’s love is everlasting. (Psalm 136:26) It never ends. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. (1 Corinthians 13:7) Will you let God persistently love people through you?

When I am aware of God’s presence, miraculous love begins to flow from deep within me as rivers of living water. (John 7:38-39) I delight to look around a room of people who are pouring out adoration directly to God. As I see their faces, regardless of their physical appearance, I feel God’s amazing love for them.

When I pray with strangers I meet (regardless of their political views, ethnicity, or behaviors) supernatural love for them comes pouring out of my heart and tears of compassion and concern often run down my cheeks. When I hear about hurting people, I sense some of God’s powerful love for them.

No thing can separate people from God’s love (Romans 8:38-39) yet no one is forced or coerced to receive and embrace His love. God the Father loved the people in this world so much that He sent Jesus, God the Son, that whoever would (John 3:16) abide in Christ’s love (John 15:9-10) by denying themselves, taking up their cross daily, and following Him (Luke 9:23) would have eternal life.

God the Holy Spirit wants to pour His love into your heart. (Romans 5:5) “Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy.” (1 Corinthians 14:1) God continually offers to fill you more and more with His Spirit. (1 John 4:13) Are you eagerly pursuing Him? Be filled with the Spirit! (Ephesians 5:18-20)

About Steve Simms

I like to look and think outside the box. In college I encountered Jesus Christ and I have been passionate about trying to get to know Him better ever since. My wife and I long to see the power and passion of the first Christ-followers come to life in our time. I have written a book about our experiences in non-traditional church, called, "Beyond Church: An Invitation To Experience The Lost Word Of The Bible--Ekklesia." If you need encouragement, search for: Elephants Encouraging The Room and/or check out my Amazon author page. Thank you!

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