Walk in Love


Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

To walk in love oh such a sweet sentiment, one which flies right out the window when things get tough, or someone says a harsh word. When these situations come around we want to react in the flesh, want to lash out "an eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth" but that's not what Jesus has asked of us. He has asked that we walk humbly with Him, that we let Him be our avenger (Romans 12:19) and let Him do the talking so that we may walk in peace and grace being a light to point others to the cross. This all sounds nice and wonderful and ideally that's how it would be. But we are human, prone to human mistakes, and outrages. As Paul said, “For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.” (Romans 7:15) it is not easy to obey the will of God but thankfully we don't have to do it on our own! We need only yield our lives to the one true God and He will do the rest for us! He has promised to lead us in the way we should go and to take us to the places we need to go. The Lord almighty is trust worthy and will never contradict His word. I can trust in Him knowing that He has never let anyone in the history of the earth down who has trusted in Him fully and completely. He will helps us to walk in love as Christ did.

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