The Lift of Love

“But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together. One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, ‘Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?’ 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.” This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.’” Matthew 22:34-40

Not only are humans created with a “God-shaped vacuum” but also with a craving, a longing for love. Most people spend a great part of their lifetime actively seeking to meet this emotional need. It’s like a hungry animal which demands to be fed huge quantities of hard-to-find and expensive food items. Of course, without knowing the True Source of love, all our efforts to fill that craving always end up in disappointment, and we still have an unfulfilled appetite for real love.

Draw near to the Source of love (Jesus Christ), get to know Him, learn of Him. The overflow of knowing Christ is an irrepressible ability to love and be loved. That should not be the focus of our search though, or we’ll miss the Source and hunger still.

The fruit of the Spirit is LOVE! Someone has said that:
Joy is love exulting.
Peace is love in repose.
Longsuffering is love on trial.
Gentleness is love in society.
Goodness is love in action.
Faith is love in endurance.
Meekness is love at school.
Temperance is love in discipline.

Think about it -
Money will by a fine dog, but only love will make him wag his tail.