Love is a wonderful emotion. It brings joy to the heart, smile to the face, a spring in your step.
In picture, love is represented as a heart. This is because it is an emotion in and from the heart.
It is not just an emotion to do with feeling. It is an emotion that demands much more. The holy scriptures in the book of first Corinthians chapter thirteen from verses four to seven gives a brilliant description of what love is.
Love is patient.
I have reflected and pondered and come to the conclusion that impatience is birth when we want things our own way, in our own time, according to our own standard. We get impatient when someone does not meet OUR expectation. We get impatient with God when we do not get answers to our prayers at the time we want it. Impatience is all about I, ME, and MINE.
One of the lessons I learnt early on in leading people is that each one of us has unique abilities that is personal to us. Expecting other people to do things exactly how I would have done it will not necessary lead to the standard I would have achieved. On the other hand it demotivates, brings conflict and enable a working environment that is riddled with stress.
God has wired us all with unique gifts for the purpose He created us. When we say we love, let us first get to understand a person's gifting and empower them to discover, activate, use and hone these gifts. Do not judge them impatiently by your gift but with patience by their own gift. It might not meet your standard but it meets the standard of their Creator.
Each of my three daughters are so uniquely different. I have learnt to appreciate their uniqueness and relate with them according to their gifting. It has and is still teaching me patience from a place of love.
Be a little patient with those you love because love is patient.
"Let there be Light" and there was light. Yes, those words might have been spoken by the Almighty Himself, nevertheless there is power in the spoken word.
There are so many promises of Yahweh to His children.
"As you have said in my ears so shall I do"; "Whatever you ask in my name, my father will do"; "Whatever you bind on earth is bound in heaven." And so many more. Read the bible and discover them for yourself.
Of course there are conditions or your words would just be empty without the creative life to bring it to pass. For the people that abide by these conditions, we read great and mighty things that they accomplished just by speaking the word - Moses with signs and wonders. Joshua commanded the sun and moon by his words and they stood still. Elijah caused a climatic famine for two years by his words and many more including Jesus and the Apostles. And in our lifetime men and women of faith performing healing miracles by the spoken word.
I know many of us desire to speak the word and see miracle, signs and wonders. The challenge is meeting the conditions - faith in Yeshua, abiding in the word, prayer and so forth. The most important condition is having the deep, intimate relationship with Yeshua Jesus. A relationship that is so close, whatever you ask for is done because you ask according to the knowledge of His will.
A relationship that is built on love and obedience. This is not just about going to Church, serving in departments, praying and fasting 24/7. But giving up your life as a living sacrifice - seeking and finding Him, seeking and knowing Him, seeking and obeying Him, seeking and spending quality time with Him in the word and in prayer. Your life is centered on Him. He becomes your lifestyle. His will becomes your life manuscript.
Many desires to have the power of the spoken word become reality in their lives but unfortunately they are not willing or able to pay the price. Only a few people do pay the price. Many of us settle for the little we try. We prefer to go to the pastor to pray for us when we need it and hope that Elohim will answer the prayer. This is living below our capability in Christ Jesus.
Let us seek Jesus to know Him, obey Him and be a living sacrifice, seeking first the Kingdom and its righteousness. Every other thing shall be added and whatever we ask in the name of Jesus shall be done.
God has wired us all with unique gifts for the purpose He created us. When we say we love, let us first get to understand a person's gifting and empower them to discover, activate, use and hone these gifts. Do not judge them impatiently by your gift but with patience by their own gift. It might not meet your standard but it meets the standard of their Creator.
