“May Our Love Truly Abound”
By Zach Wood
Philippians 1:9-11
“And this is my
prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of
insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and
blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that
comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.”
What an amazing prayer that Paul had for the church in Philippi . I think back to the 1 Corinthians 13 where
Paul talks so highly of love. Love is
important as we seek to shine Christ’s light everywhere we go and in all we say
and do. Paul’s prayer here is that the
church abound more and more in love.
When we love others sincerely, we really take the time to get to know
them, pray for their needs and see what we can do to encourage them.
When we practice loving others as Christ loves us and gave
Himself for us, we develop a stronger love and a more dedicated love through
servanthood. Our hesitation and
reservation to help and love others becomes less because we become more
dedicated and committed to serving. This
is a journey and a process we grow through as we come closer to God. How could we possibly live a life of
servanthood and devotion to Christ and not be a dedicated follower?
As our love grows stronger for God and for others, we
develop a desire to seek out needs and how we can encourage others more. As our love continues in depth and insight,
the desire in us should grow even stronger to do all we can to shine His light
and spread that love He gave us. It
wouldn’t make sense that our love for God grow, but not for others. It doesn’t work that way. When we come to understand more of His love
and how we need to show that love to others, the desire should naturally grow
as well to love those who don’t know Him and share that love and light with
them.
The prayer that Paul has for the church in Philippi
applies to us just the same. God desires
for our love for others to grow so that we can discern what is best and be pure
and blameless as we continue to grow and shine for Him.
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