May 31

"His Voice Today"

May 31

🔸️ We must love one another with "perfect love"! 🔸️

Unless we are filled with perfect love, it is never possible to perform the part of counselling each other in the perfect manner. As Romans 15:14 states, "Only those who are full of goodness and filled with knowledge are competent to instruct one another"! Because “veritable exhortation” comes from the heart of love. We read of wanting to prophesy only after we seek first love (1Corin.14:1,3)

Divine love is the fruit of the Spirit! There is no use of "human love" in the Church. If we want to take part in divine love, this 'Self' must be poured into death. The 'Holy Spirit' pours out God's love into our hearts (Romans 5:5). Only if we remain in the vine, can the essence, the Holy Spirit, flow through us and bring glory to God.

We, in the congregation must never be satisfied with anything less than God's greatness! Because the will of God for us is the longing that "like the Father and the Son are one, so also we must be brought into complete unity."(John 17: 21-23).

We should never compare ourselves with the lives of those who call themselves as believers and have stagnated over their 'already' high love. We must always compare ourselves only with the standards that God shows. Yes, it is God's will that we should be perfect in love!

If we love one another as Jesus loved us, we can walk in the light and be united with one another, just as He is in the light. Then a bright light will shine from among us in the congregation! In this way, we will become the lightstand that God desires, burn and shine, and we will become the congregation that brings forth the secrets of darkness that surround us!! (Mark 4:21, 22; Ephesians 5:11).

 Prayer:

Loving Father! Fill our hearts with Your Divine perfect love! Let there be no shortfall in that love! Please be gracious upon us to be united as family of love; ln the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

Author:

 Brother Zac Poonen

Translated version of the Tamil "Family Meditation Book"

From:-

https://t.me/hisvoicetoday