Love Brought to Life

At each moment of contact with another person, there is a crisis of faith.  Do we believe our Lord is working in this one and recreating him or her as He is doing with us?  If we don't, then we can criticize, despise and disregard the soul before us.  If we think God is active and alive in each person we meet, then it is demonic to have anything but real love for that one we have bumped up against.  The world's own can react in any fashion they wish when people come into contact with people: irritation, scorn, lust, contempt, fear, manipulation, idolatry.  If Christ though lives in us, there is only one way to approach even our enemies; with supernaturally empowered love.  Our tangle of Sin-enflamed responses can be crucified with Christ if we let our Savior live through us as each moment of contact arises.  Whether it be a post we come across or an argument that develops, our Lord can work through our reaction and His love convert our reactions into true and real love.  The moment we begin to criticize, judge or dehumanize, God will give us the check of the Holy Spirit to hold back our anti-love response and we can be a force of Christ or Satan immediately.  The check won't last forever and we must submit our will to our Lord's instantly if we are to be God's then and there.  Wait, deliberate, hesitate and it is gone and you will likely make a mess of the opportunity to love through Christ.  Submit to God's prompt and the glorious love of your Savior will come through you and someone will sense God's presence because you are near.  Consider the possibility that by means of the love of Christ, you may be the burning bush a Moses has waited a lifetime to encounter.  The love of God, poured out through His people, makes every encounter a supernatural one.

 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.     1 John 4:7 NIV