After a flood of insights last week, it’s been a quiet one for me this week. Not that I haven’t learned anything, but nothing stood out to me that I haven’t already written about.
But today, verse 5 stood out to me.
But whoever keeps his word, truly in him the love of God is made complete. (1 John 2:5)
“The love of God.”
The phrase there could mean either “God’s love for us” (probable), or “our love for God.”
And I thought, “How much has the love of God been made complete in me?”
There are still so many ways that I break his word every day.
A lot of times, that’s because his love for me has not truly sunk down into my heart.
If I truly knew in my heart of hearts his love for me, I would be much more patient with others.
I would be less selfish.
I would be more gracious toward others.
I would be less tempted by the things of this world and my lusts.
Lord, may I come to completely understand your love for me. And as I do, may my love for you be made more complete as well.
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