Joanne Lowe's Meditations : 'God's School of Love'

GOD’S SCHOOL OF LOVE

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

2 Timothy 2: 15 (King James Version)

Imagine what would happen if every Christian would enroll in God’s school of love. I believe that we would have a revival that the world has never known. When we attend Bible School, we are to study the Bible but if we never put into practice what we learn, we are breaking God’s heart. What is the good of learning what the Bible instructs us to do if we never do it?

O’ we may receive an “A” and graduate because we passed all the tests but we haven’t pleased God. It is only when we do what He tells us to do that He approves of us. We need a school that only has one course. The course should be unconditional love which teaches us how to love one another as Jesus has commanded us to love each other.

I think that sometimes we forget that loving one another is not an option; it is a commandment. “This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down His life for his friends” (John 15: 12, 13). Can we honestly say that we love each other as He loves us?

Are we loving our families and our friends unconditionally or is our love based on certain conditions? Jesus set the example for us when He died for us on the cross. Our precious Saviour loves us unconditionally. If you have never enrolled in God’s school of love, please enroll today. It is time that we start loving each other unconditionally as Jesus has commanded us to love. Then and only then will God approve of us.

Joanne Lowe

August 22, 2009