WHEN LOVE WITHIN
IS TRAPPED IN SIN
Brother James, OIC
1Co 13:4-7 Love suffereth long, and is kind; Love envieth not; Love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
I’ve been in love wherein all I could see is love. And whatever was wrong sinfully about that relationship was blinded by that love. Have you ever been there? Have you ever loved someone so much that all you ever hoped for was that grey area in the relationship to be made right with and before God? Perhaps you had a child on drugs and you enabled the drug use because of the struggles you witnessed the child going through?
Perhaps you were in a live-in relationship that couldn’t move forward because one wasn’t yet divorced from another? Or maybe you couldn’t let go of something that needed letting go of because love held your focus. But I am here to tell you that the God kind of love can let go and allow God to set things in order and what you were once blinded to will become perfectly clear from a distance. I believe most have had this kind of love in them where they held on to long and then not only their own selves but the person they loved got hurt.
Here are some things Love will do when coupled with Faith:
1) Love Never Fails: Love will always bring about the end result of your faith and profit you giving you the desires of your heart.
2) Love Covers All Sin: If you are a Christian who loves; that Love of God in you will become a Grace of Forgiveness toward others.
If you’ve been hurt by loving someone remember that Jesus Himself Loved you so much He died on the cross becoming sin for us that we might become the Righteousness of God in Him.
So letting go of something that’s kept you bound even while love was present is necessary for the work that God has begun to complete. Let Go And Let God! Trust in Him and He will give you the desires of your heart.
