The picture of genuine love in 1 Corinthians 13 is not the thought of Paul; it is the work of a Divine photographer, and Christ is the subject of the picture. Jesus was and is incarnate Love. To love like God desires is to be like Christ, and the degree of our failure is the measure of our unlikeness to Him.
In His presence, there is fullness of joy. It is only as we spend time in His presence that we can become more like Him. And truly, as we make choices to obey His word, there is great joy which will be ours! A Christian is described as one who sins less and less and obeys the WORD OF GOD more and more. Only as we abide in Him, meeting with Him in reading and meditating upon the WORD OF GOD as we hide His Word in our hearts, and being continually in prayer (Prayer ought to be as natural as breathing), that we become more and more like Christ.
There is no instant way to become a mature Christian. We are conditioned by the “instant” nature of the world we live in, instant food, instant communications, instant updates on weather and news, etc., that we somehow believe that there ought to be a way for “instant maturity in Christ”. There is not. We must be faithfully seeking to spend time with God every day when we desire to learn from Him as we sit at His feet.
From GEM-23c – Grace Energized Men are Sound in Love (080504AM)
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