Daily Devotion
Love is the difference between caring for someone and using someone. Love makes our actions and spiritual gifts useful. Great faith, acts of service, and miracle working power produce very little without love. Love involves unselfish service to others. When we do this, our loving behaviors and attitudes point back to God and who He is. This should make us stand out. Scripture references being a light in darkness.
When you think of standing out, what comes to mind?
Perhaps it’s the celebrity with thousands of Instagram followers. Maybe, it’s the colleague who hits every goal or the girl every guy seems to like. How about the athlete who plays every game while your kid sits on the bench? There’s also the gigantic house that towers over its neighbors or the teenager whose bright pink hair and wild fashion make people look twice.
To most of us, standing out means having to be bigger or bolder. But Jesus describes a different way to get others attention; through the way we love one another.
We don’t have to push the boundaries with what we wear or climb the corporate ladder to stand out. As Jesus followers, we are called to love others as Jesus loves us. That kind of love can’t be hidden. Like a light breaking into a dark room, Jesus’ love shining through us breaks through the mundane of our day to day.
““You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.”
Matthew 5:14 NLT
Restoring the Joy!
When you think of standing out, what comes to mind?
Perhaps it’s the celebrity with thousands of Instagram followers. Maybe, it’s the colleague who hits every goal or the girl every guy seems to like. How about the athlete who plays every game while your kid sits on the bench? There’s also the gigantic house that towers over its neighbors or the teenager whose bright pink hair and wild fashion make people look twice.
To most of us, standing out means having to be bigger or bolder. But Jesus describes a different way to get others attention; through the way we love one another.
We don’t have to push the boundaries with what we wear or climb the corporate ladder to stand out. As Jesus followers, we are called to love others as Jesus loves us. That kind of love can’t be hidden. Like a light breaking into a dark room, Jesus’ love shining through us breaks through the mundane of our day to day.
““You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.”
Matthew 5:14 NLT
Restoring the Joy!
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