“Let all your things be done with charity” – 1 Corinthians 16:14 KJV.
I read some months ago in one of the Nigerian dailies when a son hacked his father to death in the presence of the mother without any restraint from her! Then I wonder what kind of transformation took place in that home. The process that led to such level of hatred must have been so involving that both mother and son had no human feeling left for the head of the home!
But whatever the man could have done to either the wife or the son, it is apparent that they did not obey the word of God which says everything should be done in love! 1 Corinthians 16:14 KJV says “Let all your things be done with charity”
The above example is in the extreme but even when we take our brethren things without their knowledge, cheat on our spouses, tell lies against our neighbours etc, we do not show love!
When we do all things in love we will find it difficult to do anything that will hurt our neighbours and this is what Jesus expects of us. That’s why “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself” Matthew 22:37-39 KJV
So all that God expects of us is to love and act always in love. As you act in love, you will see the Spirit of God fill you more and you will be able to do a lot of exploits for The Lord.
Prayer: Father, give me the grace to love and act in love always in Jesus name.
Bro. Biodun Oyapero