Meditation
116
The
Lens of Love
Philippians 1:9-10
(AMP) And this I pray: that your love may abound yet more and more and
extend to its fullest development in knowledge and all keen insight [that your
love may display itself in greater depth of acquaintance and more comprehensive
discernment], So that you may surely learn to sense what is vital, and
approve and prize what is excellent and of real value
[recognizing the highest and the best, and distinguishing the moral
differences], and that you may be untainted and pure and unerring and
blameless [so that with hearts sincere and certain and unsullied, you may
approach] the day of Christ [not stumbling nor causing others to
stumble].
As we are changed
inwardly into the image of Jesus Christ love for God and others flourishes, and
our discernment of what really matters in life increases. The lens of love
brings into focus the cruelty and devastation of sin as, well as the redeeming,
merciful, gift of salvation extended to
all in this dark and dying world through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
As we progress along
the Narrow Path Christ begins to reveal the Father’s heart for His saved and
lost children. Father’s heart desire is to mold those that have received
salvation into true sons that worship Him by regulating their lives according
to His word and use their lives to draw those trapped in the webs of sin to
Him.
Ending Thoughts
Your progress in
Christ is revealed by how you view the lost.
Do you see those caught in the web of sin as needing salvation? Does
their need move you to tell them about Jesus Christ? If so, the molding process
is progressing in you. If not, your lenses need more cleansing which is
accomplished by yielding your life to His commandment to love.
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