“For Christ’s love compels us,
because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he
died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for
him who died for them and was raised again.”
II Corinthians 5:14-15
Do you love God with
your head or with your heart?
Maybe a fairer
question to ask is: Can you love God with your head only?
I think an honest
answer to that question would have to be No!
Was the love of the Father that Jesus modeled
for us head love or heart love?
The religious folks
of Jesus’ day (and religious folks today) would have to admit the love Jesus
demonstrated made no sense to them.
It simply was not
logical – to their way of thinking.
He forgave the woman
caught in the act of adultery.
The law said she
should be stoned.
He told others to
pray for and love their enemies.
Now that made little
or no sense to them.
God’s love embraced
us “…while we were yet sinners.”
God’s love is
sometimes incredibly illogical to the human mind.
Maybe that’s why
scripture tells us that our thoughts and His thoughts are not the same.
Our own human
reasoning and logic just cannot fathom that kind of love.
But the wonderful
news – the renewed heart can receive His love!
The renewed heart can
even share His love.
The heart filled with
His love has told some pretty incredible stories.
I think of those who
have forgiven an incredibly hard offense.
Our head says “I
could never do that!”
His love in our heart
makes the impossible possible.
Think of the power
resident in a church that can love Him with their heart and love others the
same way.
Suddenly, things we ‘thought’
we couldn’t do we do.
Because His love
compels us…
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