When we think of the love of God, we often confuse it with what we think love is. We connect it with flowers and candy, pretty cards and candle light. God's lover is a whole different kind of love though. This love sent Jesus to the cross for us. This love (through the Holy Spirit), raised Jesus up from the dead.
What kind of power does love have that it can actually raise a man from death and the realm of the enemy? It was love that watched Jesus suffer and die. Can you imagine a love like that in our lives? If this love would go that far for us, then how much will it keep us now?
In Psalms 136:1-10 (Amplified), the Word speaks about how this mercy and loving kindness created all the heavens and the earth. In Verse 10 it talks about how He "smote Egypt in their firstborn." This love that we read about was the instrument of destruction on Egypt and an instrument of deliverance for Israel.
We don't understand what this love is capable of doing on behalf of His people. Hebrews 10:31 (Amplified) talks about those who have heard about and rejected Jesus, the Son of His love. Verse 31 says that "It is a fearful (formidable and terrible) thing to incur the divine penalties and be cast into the hands of the living God."
It almost sounds like a contradiction of the Word to think about John 3:16 and Hebrews 10:27 (Amplified) tells us,(There is nothing left for us then) but a kind of awful and fearful prospect and expectation of divine judgement and the fury of burning wrath and indignation which will consume those who put themselves in opposition (to God.)" Verse 30 continues, "for we know Him Who said, 'Vengeance is Mine (retribution and the meeting out of full justice rest with me) I will repay I will exact the compensation)' says the Lord. And again the Lord will judge and determine and solve and settle the cause and the cases of His people."
On the one hand, love will die for us, and on the other hand this love will destroy the enemies of His beloved. This love, which is actually God Himself, is an awful thing to come against God's people. When I said before about God's love being a terrifying thing if you are one who is trying to do harm to His Children.
This love that I speak of is a whole lot more than just being nice. When we learn to believe in this love, we begin to understand what John said in his epistle 1 John 4:4 (Amplified) "Little Children, you are of God (you belong to Him) and have (already) defeated and overcome them (the agents of the anti-Christ) because He Who lives in you if greater and (mightier) than he who is in the world."
When Jesus said to pray for your enemies, it was a prayer to intercede for them to divert the judgement of God on those who oppose you. When we understand the power of this love for us, and now in us, it becomes a thing in us that makes us bold and fearless. 2 Timothy 1:17 (Amplified) tells us "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear) but (He has given us a spirit) of power and of love and of calm and well balanced mind and discipline and self-control."
We misunderstood this love to the point that we would just be nice to people (and we should be nice to people), but more than that we should use this love to move the enemy out of their lives and allow the Light to shine in their hearts. We read in 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 (Amplified), "But even if our Gospel (the glad tidings) also be hidden (obscured and covered up with a veil that hinders the knowledge of God). It is hidden (only) to those who are perishing and obscured (only) to those who are lost." Verse 4 says that "for the god of this world has blinded the unbeliever's minds (that they should not discern the truth) preventing them from seeing the illuminating light of the gosepl of the glory of Christ (the Messiah) Who is the image and likeness of God."
The power of this love that we posses (or rather) that possess us, is to speak light against the darkness that blinds them, to become born again. This love can set free those who the enemy has blinded to make the choice to love Jesus or not.
Remember when you were also blinded by the world? Someone, somewhere was praying for you. They may not have even known you, but they were praying in the Holy Spirit. Romans 8:26 (Amplified) tells us that , "So too the (Holy) Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought; But the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads on our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance."
Love Himself will pray and speak light into their hearts if we will believe and move by faith in this love. This love that we now have in our hearts is the most powerful thing in the entire universe. The power of this love is both gentle and terrible simultaneously. The wrath of this love expels the enemy at the same time that the gentleness of this love heals and forgives.
Do not sell short this love that will fight for you even when you are in the wrong.
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