Walk In Love Every Day

Ephesians 5:2 (KJV) Walk in love,

There was a time when I couldn’t afford to buy a new pair of shoes. The ones I had were worn to the point that they had no soles. They were full of holes, almost like a block of swiss cheese. I remember one time I was laughed at over them by someone very close to me.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg. My car constantly broke down, my house was falling apart, and the people that claimed to love me the most made fun of my shoes and said the nastiest things about me behind my back.

I bring this up because!

I want to know how to “walk in love” with people who don’t have the best intentions for me. They made fun of me; they saw me as some amusement for themselves. My hardships have been to their liking. They have ill will towards my family.

How can you walk in love with that?

For me? I knew I needed to understand what love was before walking in it. The way I understood what love was, was by looking at Jesus. He had people sell him out for money, beat him, and hang him on a cross to die. While people slowly murdered him. He said: Father, forgive them; they know not what they do.

Luke 23:33-34 (KJV)
And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. 34. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

I’m thinking to myself, they don’t know what they do?

What does Jesus mean? Of course, they know what they’re doing. Suppose I walk up to someone and bust them in the mouth. I knew what I was doing.

Then it hit me!

It’s not them; it’s what has Control over them.

Romans 6:12 – KJV
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Jesus was willing to suffer and die for what humankind had become. He moved past what others had done to him and said about him to save humanity. He freed us from sin, and we no longer live under the curse.

Galatians 3:13 – KJV
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

When Jesus was hanging on the cross dying, he said It’s Finished. He would have never said those words if he didn’t see our completion. Our completion is that He saw each of us with Him in eternity. Jesus didn’t see us for the people we once were. He saw us as the chosen generation. People who would repent, accept Him as our Lord and Savior, and walk as he walked. (Christ-like people)

John 19:28-30 – KJV
After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. 29. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. 30. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

1 Peter 2:9 – KJV
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

The love Christ has for us is immeasurable and unconditional.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 – New King James Version (1982)
Love suffers long [and] is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5. does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6. does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7. bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8. Love never fails. But whether [there are] prophecies, they will fail; whether [there are] tongues, they will cease; whether [there is] knowledge, it will vanish away.

Some people are not easy to get along with and will go out of their way to be mean to you. Some will only love you when you’re doing exactly what they want you to do. Their love comes with conditions. Christ is the only one that ever did anything for us out of pure love, and when we walk in that love, it can change the world around us for the better. His LOVE is that powerful!

It doesn’t mean you have to be a doormat for people.

Romans 12:18 – KJV
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

If you’re doing all you can to get along with someone, you have gone above and beyond? Above and beyond means: you’ve handled the situation as Christ would, but the other party involved has made it abundantly clear they don’t want the same thing. Then you may want to consider taking a step back from the situation. It doesn’t mean you’re not Christian (CHRIST LIKE) enough. It simply means that you’ve done as the scripture says. As much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. You cannot make up someone else’s mind for them. God will open the door in His perfect timing if it’s meant to be.

Remember you have a Helper. “The Holy Spirit,” and He will give you everything you need to face anything the world might throw at you.

1 John 2:27 – New King James Version (1982)
But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.

As the scripture says. Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. – Galatians 5:16 (KJV)

With The Holy Spirit as our guide ❤️ It will certainly make it easier to walk in love.

Thanks for reading, and God Bless you.

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