I’m Duane Matz and
welcome to Today’s Living Word.
The greatest proof of the
presence of the Holy Spirit in an individual or a congregation is the
expression of Holy Spirit directed love. But what does this love look like? Today
we’ll continue to look at love as found in the love chapter of the Bible….1 Cor
13!
We pick it up in verse 7
where love endures all things. To endure is to “stay under” Holy Spirit guided
love doesn’t look for a way out, rather it strives to stay in. This kind of
endurance was spoken of earlier in Paul’s letter to the Corinthians.
1Co 10:13 No temptation (read
that, trial) has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is
faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted (trialed) beyond what you are
able, but with the temptation (trial) will also make the way of escape, that
you may be able to bear it.
Please note the later portion
of this verse, it is key in “enduring” all things. A quick reading might lead one to look for a God-placed door
or window of escape, a way out if you
will, but the verse does not remove the trial, it only promises that God will
give you what it takes to endure it. In short God’s way of escape is to endure,
trusting Him for the results. Love doesn’t say “I’m outa here” rather it says, “I’m
going to hang in there trusting God to take me through.” Love “stays under” the
crisis, knowing and believing that God has a faith building purpose for it.
I’m Duane Matz and that’s
Today’s Living Word
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