If you think you've got to be a certain type of person to live by faith, you're sadly mistaken. Consider the lists of examples of faith God highlights for us in Hebrews 11.... Consider Rahab, the harlot? How can a woman from that kind of background be a woman of faith? Well, ask God. He is responsible for the record.
There is a massive contrast when you view things in the flesh and then catch a glimpse of them through God's eyes.
Many people think great faith is the number one sign of spiritual maturity, but I believe the truest test of spiritual maturity is walking in love. Our love walk energizes our faith. Love demonstrates, empowers and expresses our faith. If we truly love God and have faith in Him, we will also love people....ALL PEOPLE....not just the ones in our little social click. It is very sad to say, but I have been associated with people in the past that limited the people they prayed for and people they ministered to, to the ones in their own social group.
Faith works through love. Love is not talk or theory; it's action. In fact, the Bible says that we cannot be walking in love if we see a brother in need, have what it takes to meet his need, and will not help him (see 1 John 3:17).
Trying to walk in faith without love is like having a flashlight with no battery.
Love believes the best about every person....not just our spouses and our children, but our friends and even strangers. So if we apply these God-given truths to our relationships then we are freed up to simply love.
Believing the best about people is a choice. It doesn't depend on circumstances....how a person behaves, what they say or don't say....it just believes....it just loves.
God is love and the more we know Him, the more we will love others.
Life without love is like a day without light. 1 John 4:12 says, "If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us."
In His Love,
Dalinda
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