1 Peter 4:8 – 8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
So what is love? Ah, I see some of you shimmying your heads sideways. C’mon, don’t hurt me. No more.
Love isn’t just telling everybody what they want to hear. Love isn’t agreeing with what everyone has to say.
Love is about truly about caring for others in a way that causes you to go out of your way to make sure they are taken care of. It’s about looking out for their well being.
I look up to people who are strong at this. Probably because I have to work at it with people I’m not really close to. It’s easy for me to Love others I’m close to, but the Lord wants us to love our neighbor. He wants us to show love and kindness to those that it doesn’t come natural.
Think about those people. We all know a few. Their love because of God shines through and it’s genuine. God’s love is powerful. Who are we close to? I know I’m drawn to people who look out for me, love me, and we have things in common.
Above all, love isn’t about letting people slip into eternity into Hell without sharing the Gospel and Jesus as much as you can while you or the others are still alive. A little here and little there is all it can take. Understandably there are those who will never accept Him, but we don’t ever want it because we never shared it enough.
The devil loves to have people take the attitude that their faith is a personal thing and they don’t need to share it. Wow! Someone share that verse with me? We’re to be a light on a hill. Salt that loses its saltiness is only good for throwing in the river.
Matthew 5:13-16-13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
14 “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
We need to let our light shine and love each other deeply!
I had a reflection that came to my mind when reading the last part of 1 Peter 4:8. We know that it is the blood of Jesus that covers our sins. The thing that I got from the fact love covers over a multitude of sins is much sin comes from our selfish desires. If one loves deeply for others and concentrates on that, they are probably staying away from more areas that lead to sin. That’s not a breakdown from the concordance or anything, but just something that came to my mind.
To end this post;
Jesus feels that loving God and your neighbor are pretty important.
Matthew 22:36-40- 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”