Ephesians 5:1-2
“Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.”
“Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.”
New Testament scriptures repeatedly tell us God is love. It’s one of the first things forgotten when religion takes over our thoughts and behavior. Yet it is one of the most important. Satan is especially eager to obscure this liberating truth with rules, pushing us back toward law. Let us learn to love God and each other as Jesus loves, extravagantly.
Lord, I struggle to get the idea of love into my heart. Only you can work your kind of love through me. Fill me with it. Let me extravagantly love by the power of your Spirit alone. May my life leave the imprint of your love in the hearts of all I meet each day.