Daily devotion – Wednesday 2nd June 2021
1 Co 13:4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
1Co 13:5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
These words are often read out at weddings and most people think it simply a poem when it is the actual biblical definition of love.
Jesus said, – Jhn 15:13“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.
Do you know an entire nation was revived when a preacher called John Knox prayed, “Lord give me Scotland, or I die!”
But what many people don’t know is what Knox wrote concerning the answer to that prayer. The Lord responded in his heart saying, “First die, then I will give you Scotland.”
“Make this relationship work, or I am going to die,” many have prayed.
“Die first,” the Lord says.
Lay down your life for your wife, your neighbour, your friend. That is not only proof of your love, but it is the pathway to love because love is not some feeling as you can see by the words of Paul and Jesus.
It’s not some feeling you hope returns, not some kind of elusive mystical emotion.
It is the decision to die to your dream, your desires, and your needs for your friend, your husband, your neighbour, your children.