LOVE DIFFICULT PEOPLE - Love Is From God
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If you love God and if you love others, you have fulfilled the whole Law! We usually measure our maturity by knowledge, sacrifice, and zealousness for God or the things of God. But the real measure of Christ-like maturity is our love for God and all kinds of people — both the lovable ones and the difficult ones! Now there are different kinds of difficult people – the short-tempered ones, the attention-seekers, and then there are those who have a negative outlook and are always sad, while others are just so full of pride. Most of us just withdraw from these kinds of people to avoid pain. But as C S Lewis said, to love at all is to be vulnerable. To love difficult people is not an option for God’s people and love is defined this way:
Love is from God. It is an unconditional commitment towards imperfect people to seek their highest good, oftentimes requires sacrifice, for the glory of God.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is [a]born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
- 1 John 4:7-8
New American Standard Bible
1 John 4:7 tells us that LOVE IS FROM GOD! It is because of our encounter with God’s love that we are transformed. Further in v.19, it tells us that we love because He first loved us. Once you realize how our perfectly holy and good God can love a sinner like you and me, you will begin to appreciate God’s love more and practice loving other “sinners” the same way also. God Bless and have a great day in God’s Word.
©️Ptr. Peter Tan-Chi | CCF Main
© Christ's Commission Fellowship
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You are so right. Loving difficult people is definitely not always an easy task, but it is a lifestyle to which all Christians are called to subscribe. It’s not something we can choose not to do and still be walking in obedience. It’s a direct calling for everyone—not an optional thing.
My mind goes to Elijah, who retreated to the wilderness in his depression and burnout when the people around him became difficult. It was not a solution to his depression, and ultimately only made it worse, as we learn in the text from 1 Kings.
I don’t know if you’ve ever checked out my blog, but I’ve recently started a daily devotional series called Fumbling Toward Jesus and would love for you to check it out. I’m really looking forward to fellowship and building some meaningful relationships with other believers on the platform, and I just thoroughly enjoyed this post, and just had to reach out.
Thank you for sharing these thoughts and scriptures with us here.
Have a blessed day!
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