Living as Light - Part 3

Another way we are lights in this dark world is to love.  As followers of Jesus our love is not based feelings but on a commitment.  The choice to love like Jesus is not a one time choice but one we make over and over again.  It is a commitment to love like Jesus loved.

What does Jesus love look like?
How do we reflect that love our lives?

In the letter of 1 John we find a good answer to both of these questions.

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.  If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
  The New International Version. (2011). (1 Jn 3:16–18)

The answer to the first question is that Jesus love causes the lover to lay down his or her life.  This is a love of action.  Jesus saw our need for forgiveness and He did what we necessary to accomplish that.   We see the material needs of our brothers and sisters and help meet those needs.  Instead of talking about how much we love our sisters and brothers they know we love them by what we are doing.

Words are cheap and easy but we reflect Jesus’ love in our lives when we act out that love!