Let not your Hearts be Troubled: Love and Hate

“Your joy will be full if you love one another…

Are we really loving one another as Christ has loved us… Christ’s love wasn’t only in words, but His actions in life and on the cross… this seems and is a big thing, but are we even willing to do the small things…

Jesus has let us into His confidence… His friendship… His family…

As we’re abiding and bearing fruit and taking on His character within our lives His power begins to manifest itself within our lives… we can pray the will of God, because we’ve been with Him and know His desires…

The sad truth is the world will not always receive His love… the contrast is just too great, and the world loves its darkness…

The world doesn’t like the challenging contrast of Christ… many times they make Jesus into who they want Him to be…

We see that ignorance and hatred of God is the primary driver of our persecution…

Jesus’ merciful response to all this hatred is still love, “Father forgive them because they know not what they do…”

“We shouldn’t expect a crown of gold when Jesus wore a crown of thorns…”

Jesus promised joy, love, power and reward; but He also informed us of suffering, hardship, loss, and sometimes even death… Following Christ has a weight to it… but it’s worth it!

Some reject Jesus; you will be rejected… but some receive Jesus; you will be received… Many have received and are yet to receive Jesus through us…

So what is God telling us:
His love for us is poured out for us and we are to follow His example… and take on His character of Love… and as He rubs off on us more, we are let in on the deeper understandings of God…and we bear fruit… and the nature of our relationship with Him empowers our prayers…
And as God becomes interwoven into our character… the world will respond to us as it responded to Christ… as the world repays Christ’s love though us with hate… don’t be surprised… but know there is a reward waiting for you… and not all will reject Him and you…

With that truth ‘let not your hearts be troubled’…”

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