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5 Things I've Learnt in My Walk With God (Part II) - Because He loved, so must I.


Now, this is the challenging bit. It's not been an easy thing to put into practice because I am human; however, I believe that as recipients of love, we must also be givers. It is very easy to love the people who love you - your Significant Other, parents, siblings, friends - but loving people who are down right unloveable is the true test, and a task which requires a good amount of grace! 

Over the past few years, God has really focused on this aspect of my life. He really highlighted areas (and people who were unpleasant to say the least and frankly, didn't deserve it) where I could put this instruction to love into practice. He made me realise that it is not about them, or whether or not they deserve it, or whether or not I felt they needed me to love them; I was simply to love because He loved. He IS love  - and if I claimed to be striving to bear the very stamp of His nature (that's a post for another day), then I couldn't pick and choose what I wanted to obey in the Word (even though it is tempting!). 

When something is really tough to achieve, remember that it is by His strength that we can accomplish anything. Your natural self cannot love people wholly because that is not how we are designed; you have to key into Him and then the love starts to flow to others! 

Another important thing I felt God highlighting in my life is that even I am a product of grace, I always have been, and always will be. I myself am undeserving of His love, hence why should I feel like someone should 'deserve' love before I am able to show it? 

 We are ambassadors of Christ on Earth; in US, people should be able to see Jesus! And didn't Jesus show the greatest amount of love? More so, for people who mocked and disgraced Him? So who are we to pick and choose? 
Kunmi x

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