February is already here, the month of love. Of course this holiday of Valentine’s
Day comes from pagan roots, but I guess it is a lot better than having a hate day or
something like that. Our world needs all the love it can get. Not fake love, or some
cheap imitation of love. They need the real, genuine, sincere love that only comes
from Jesus Christ. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life
for his friends ( John 15:13 ). The greatest love of all is the love Jesus Christ gives.
Notice I didn’t say the love that Jesus Christ gave, as in, at Calvary. I intentionally
said gives, because Jesus Christ still loves us just as much as He did when He died
for us! We need to fully understand this powerful & wonderful truth. Parents have
never given their children a love greater than this love. Children have never given
their parents a greater love than this love. Spouses have never given to each other a
greater love than this love. The love that shed innocent blood, the love that pardons
all sin, the love that keeps coming even when it is not returned or even appreciated
is without question the greatest love of all! Love is missing in our world. Love can
not be found in most homes today, not nearly the way it was just a few decades ago.
Parents don’t love their children, children don’t love their parents, & spouses don’t
love one another like they should. It’s sad, it really is, but it’s also exactly what the
Bible said would come to pass in the last days. “And because iniquity shall abound
the love of many shall wax (turn) cold” (Mat. 24:12). The Apostle Paul also said the
world would be without natural affection ( II Tim. 3:3). Tell me these signs haven’t
already come to pass. Tell me our world doesn’t need love. The world needs to see
this great love in our lives, in our families, in our church. We can not just tell them
we have the greatest love of all, it’s vital that we show them the greatest love of all!
