You hear it everywhere; you see it on television and in the movies; you read about it in books and magazines. Love. The world today is on a desperate search for it. However, so many people across the globe are left shattered, broken, and lonely because not only do they have a grave misunderstanding of the true meaning of love, they also search for it in all the wrong places.
Love, attention, and acceptance are things that we as humans cherish deeply; it’s how our Lord and Savior created us. We have a need and desire to have that special attention, to know someone loves and cares for us no matter what. These are not uncommon feelings, nor are they inherently ‘bad’. It is the misconception of where we will find this kind of love that leaves so many people in a state of confusion and frustration, and it creates baggage that is carried with us for life. Perfect love is not something we can find in another human being. Because of the fall, sin has entered the world and nothing and no one (save Christ) is perfect. However, perfect love has already been demonstrated to us. We have the opportunity to accept the perfect love of Someone who has truly given His all to us and for us. Ladies, do you want your knight in shining armor to come and rescue you? He has!! Do you want to feel that you are cherished deeply just the way you are? He does!! Do you want to know that someone is always thinking of you and will always be there for you? He will!! All we have to do is acknowledge and accept who He is and what He has done for us. Just let your mind dwell on that for a while and meditate on everything that our Savior willingly and joyfully sacrificed for us.
I have been reminded the past several weeks of just how much Jesus Christ has done and is continuing to do for me. Jesus didn’t ‘just’ come and die on the cross for our sins in order that we may receive salvation. Jesus Christ became a man; and is still a man today (in a glorified, risen body). He is God, and yet he took on flesh to become ‘one of us’. You want someone to understand whatever you’re going through? Jesus Christ understands because he went through it all!! He knows about pain, suffering, temptation, and He also knows about joy, happiness, and laughter. He not only died for us, He lived for us; and He continues to live for us.
Christ is, indeed, our all in all. But the beauty is that He knows and understands our human needs and desires for physical love, affection, and companionship, and He said “it is not good for man to be alone. I will make a help meet for him…and the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.” (Genesis 2:18 KJV) God created the sacred bond of marriage right from the start, and He created it not only to please ourselves, but to bring glory and honor to Him. The marriage union is a picture of the unity between Christ and His church. The love and commitment that is involved in the relationship between husband and wife is a picture of the love and commitment between Jesus Christ and those who have true faith in Him. What an awesome picture and testimony!
"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the chruch, and gave himself for it" - Ephesians 5:25
"But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." - Romans 5:8
"Let love be without dissimulation [hypocricy]. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good" - Romans 12:9
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