Love of God, Part 2

Ephesians 3:17-18, "And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ." (NIV)

Is it possible that some of us "seasoned believers" are no longer stirred and encouraged by the awesome love that God has shared with us?  Is it possible that we have moved beyond this important foundational principle that is such a major part of our spiritual process of maturity?  After all, God loved us before we ever had the desire to love Him.  He initiated the release of His love toward us even when we refused to accept it or respond to it.  The passage for today reminds us that we are to be "rooted and established in love."  The portion of that passage says to me that I need to have the love of God as one of the foundational principles in my ongoing relationship with Jesus Christ.  The Apostle Paul reminds us that the "saints" of God are ever exploring the width, length, height, and depth of the love of God.  The love of God is one of the reasons that we can declare the message of the Gospel to a world that is trapped in the bondage of darkness.  We can still declare the hope of fallen man based on the promise of John 3:16, "For God so loved the world..."  I feel that I must encourage each of us to recognize and appreciate the manifest presence of the love of God.  God demonstrates His love to us on a daily basis.  I am encouraged and challenged to share that love with people who need to know that God is interested in their lives regardless of their lifestyle or regardless of their circumstances.  Oh, the joy of declaring the greatness of His love to world that is looking for answers.  Once more, I encourage you to take time to share the love of God with someone today.  People are living in the depth of despair but they can make the transition into the depth of the love of God. 

The family of God must rededicate ourselves to the proclamation of the message of the love of God!  The family of God does not have the authority to withhold the love of God from anyone.  Christ died for the "world" and not just those that we choose to experience the love of God.  We must desire to spread the love of God through our daily life and allow that love to impact those with which we interact.