An example. Light. Holy. Faithful.
What else do we recall when we contemplate what we are called to be?
A virtuous woman, after the fashion of Proverbs 31?
A man who is provider, lest he be called “worse than an infidel”?
Teachers after God’s own heart?
Ministers who are flames of fire?
You name it.
How often do we think:
“I am called to be like Christ,” And since Christ is Love,
“I am called to be LOVE personified”?
Maybe this is why our sermons reach ears and not hearts.
Why our charity fills stomachs but leaves souls empty.
Why our proclamations of faith birth no encounters even amongst those whom we’ve called “friends.”
We’ve made plenty of talk about what Love is,
What it should do,
How it should feel;
Yet we have missed the first thing we ought to have sought:
WHO LOVE IS.
Now, you read this and say,
“But God is Love!”
Yes, He is.
Yet you have made it your life’s devotion to become like Him, haven’t you?
Then shouldn’t you be Love?
The message here is far too simple to miss:
As God is Holy and commands us to be,
So is He Love, and He commands you to be.
So, when next you contemplate your calling
And who the person of Love is,
The easiest description should be YOURSELF.
And if it isn’t…
NOW YOU HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT.
