1 Cor 13:13 - And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
We’ve been focusing on faith and hope and now we move to
love. Being confessional, I know a lot
about all three, but as far as practicing them, I feel like I struggle with
love the most. For that reason, I will
be working hard in these devotionals to simply present what the bible says
about love and then ask some questions. I’m hoping we can have more of a
discussion than we have up until this point.
So here it goes.
The one verse above sums up a whole chapter about love. I was struck this time reading it by Paul’s
phrase, “Now these three things remain:”
I had always skipped over that before.
Doing some Greek word study, I found out that the word translated
“remain” is more literally translated “remnant.” A remnant is what’s left over when everything
else has been used up. Paul is saying
that after everything is said and done, only our faith, hope, and love are all
that’s left over. And, of the three, the
most important is our love.
Question: If that is
true, what are the implications for how we should live?
Prayer: God, you teach us about the things that endure when
everything else is gone. Help us live as
those who nurture those everlasting remnants.
Prayer Focus: Pray
for our healthcare industry workers of all kinds (doctors, nurses, administrators,
cleaning personnel, etc)
Song: Love Never Fails – Sarah Begaj
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