2 John 6

"And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it." 2 John 6

It is funny how the world works. People complain all the time about love. They complain about how they want to fall in love and be loved. The man/woman of their dreams should just come in and sweep them them off their feet. They search high and low. The grocery stores raided. Bars are prowled. Internet perused. Singles assemblies stalked. People look everywhere and anywhere. Romantic love is their pursuit. They are looking with a view askew.

I am as guilty as the next person. My pursuit has been the same for the last 12-15 years. We want a romantic love interest. Like I said, we have a view askew. A love interest is what we need. You must drop the romantic part. It comes later in the game. Like anything else in life, training is required. We must be trained in the PROPER way of loving one another. God and Jesus are the only two capable of such a class. They will teach us how to walk in love all day, everyday. Life requires us to walk in it everyday. God requires it. It is how we deal with the people we meet. God teaches us volitional love. A love based on Him and not the worthiness of the object. Love is based on all His wonderful characteristics that He epitomizes! The traits inside us and Him are the true wonders. There are true wonders in each and everyone of us. Some hidden deeper than others. We must love in spite of the flaws. It is the combination of the flaws and the gems that endear people to our hearts.

We must love people for WHO they are. Love them for WHO they want to be. Love is not based off of money, looks, popularity, or job. It is not based off what the world can give you. The world cannot give you happiness. God can give you happiness and fulfillment. He can give you a love that sees past the facades that people have erected in their being! A true love is learned. A love which loves us for what and who we truly are, not materialism. I love God because He is good, not because of what He can give me. He redeemed me by His love. God is love, and love is good. The deeper we fall in love with God, the better we get to know Him. We must walk in love daily. I've already fallen in love with Jesus and God. They will teach us how to truly love one another. An intimate relationship with God does this. By learning in this relationship, God will teach us how to have a proper loving relationship on earth. He will show us how to love more truly and deeply than ever imagined. He will open up the floodgates of our hearts. We will meet that someone God intended for us. All the things that the world cares about and that I used to care about melt away. You will see him/her for real. All the beautiful components that make up their heart. Especially the most beautiful one of all, Jesus Christ.

Romantic love will come one day. Volitional love is the rock of a relationship. God is the rock in a relationship. They are the same. Volitional love will allow us to love a person for them, not for an idea of romance. Once we have established a common ground of love, a change can occur. A pure foundation of Christ love has to be laid down. We can build a romantic love after this occurs. Stay away from the bars and the internet! Look to the Father. He will give us the proper perspective on love and how to walk in it daily!

kenny