ALWAYS CHASE AFTER THAT WHICH IS GOOD

Whats love got to do with it?

Whats love but a second hand emotion? These lyric lines were a HUGE hit for singer Tina Turner. She poured out all her pain from the depths of a broken heart. Based on sales and chart position, we can safely assume many souls resonated to the frequency of her pain. Truly, what does love have to do with it? The IT....... is US !

There are 349 instances in my Bible where the word love is used. The first appearance is: (Gen 22:2) He said, "Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you."

Abraham was, in all likelihood, devastated that God would require this of him. His son, his only son. But the faith, the trust, the love that Abraham had in his God, in his Creator, in his belief that God can do all things, gave this father the strength to follow through with the will of his Lord to the very point of exacting the execution of God's command. God loved Abraham, Abraham loved God.

Another Father, who loved His Son, His only son would undergo the horrible sacrifice of His blood in order to save all others; spilling that precious life sustaining blood; pooling at the foot of a cross on Golgotha. God wept.

Love is a commandment: (Mat 22:37) And He said to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.'; while loving your neighbors as you love yourself.

Love appears 28 times in Psalms. Eleven in Matthew, five in Mark. Luke uses love in 12 verses, in John, 26 events. You might be surprised which books contain the overwhelming use of the word love; 1-3 John; 42 times!

The final publication of the word love resides in revelation: (Rev 12:11) "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.

Beloved reader, the very next time you use, in casual conversation, the word love; “Oh I love that dress” or “I'd love to be rich”, or “I love my X-Box”.......reflect on the price that Jesus paid. Paid for you. Paid out of LOVE.

HAVE YOU READ YOUR BIBLE TODAY?