“Love is a characteristic of God. Love is the result of the Holy Spirit dwelling in us- illuminating and transforming every selfishness so we can begin to reflect the image of Christ.”
~Calvin Miller
This is what I want to be to the world. I want to be Love to the World. I want to humble myself as Jesus did and serve. I want to be a servant to the world for Jesus Christ my Savior.
I’ve recently been becoming fearful of this coming up year, fearful of the unknown, concerned with the lifestyle, with the day to day activities that I will partake in. Thoughts have been running through my head about how uncomfortable I’m going to be, how tired and drained I’m going to be. Then I realized, this is not a sad thing, this is something to REJOICE over. The God of the Universe, the maker of Heaven and of Earth, the Savior of the World wants to use me for HIS KINGDOM! Whaaat! This is mind boggling. Its exciting and its Joyous because HE CHOSE ME. He chose to give me the opportunity to Love the lost, to Love his people and to become a servant as Jesus was to the world. I get him! I get to Love him and to grow in his love and have a relationship with him! and he blesses us and fills us with HIS joyous Love, a Joy that can only be found in HIM.
In John 13 Jesus paints the image of a servant. Jesus, King of Kings and Lord of Lords made himself nothing to serve and love his disciples.
“Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his Love.”
~John 13:1
He set the ultimate example for us so that we may follow it and through our love people will see Christ in us. I want you all to feel comforted, stand in awe and feel loved by our creator who made you perfectly in his image. Anything he puts us through, or gives us the opportunity to endure, is so that we may experience the full depths of his love for us.
