Amen.
On Monday, 15 April, 2024 at 04:00:22 pm IST, Sandra Famuliner
<famuliner@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only
a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. I CORINTHIANS 13:1 NIV
Her road trip to the beach was on point. Sun streamed through the windows,
warming her arms and legs as she drove the back roads of farms and fields,
winding her way to the beautiful Gulf Coast. Making the most of her time, she
turned on some tunes from a nearby radio station as she cruised along.
Slowly, though, the signal began to lose its strength. The static noise that
simmered behind the songs soon began screeching louder than the music itself.
Though she strained to hear the melody, not wanting to lose the connection, she
saw that her persistence was getting her nowhere. The signal was lost, and
silence over static became the better choice.
Similarly, Scripture tells us that our lives send out a signal to those who are
around us. With God’s Spirit inside us, our life has the power to ring with the
sound of God’s mercy and grace. We can live out God’s message of love when we
stay grounded and connected internally to the “signal source.” But if we drift
too far away from the Father, distracted by worldly worries or drawn to old
habits, we will inhibit the outflow of His Spirit. If our lives aren’t rooted
in the love of Christ and nourishing others with the fruit His presence yields,
then our lives will emit a chaotic static that signals others to tune us out.
Without love, we lose our purpose and the power Jesus intends for us to use to
build His kingdom.
Do you have people in your life that you find difficult to love? Do you feel
like you’ve lost your signal strength by not staying close to the Savior? Jesus
invites us all to return to Him in repentance and humility. He will strengthen
and establish you so that your heart sings His praise, and your love shows up
loud and clear to the world around you.
Lord, I’m lost without Your love. I need You to change me and mold me into Your
image so that I can love other people the way You do, from the heart. Please
give me a heart like Yours so that the world will see You in me. In Jesus’s
name.
