"And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing."
1 Corinthians 13:2 (NKJV)
When I travel in Europe, one thing I pay attention to is the currency that I need to use. This is not too difficult in Europe, because many nations there use the Euro as their currency. But, in some countries, like Norway and Denmark, they do not accept the Euro. There have been times that I was in one of those nations, and I have had some Euros in my possession, but I have not been able to use them. No matter how many Euros I had, I was not able to purchase anything, so despite all the Euros that I had, it really amounted to nothing.
In writing about the love of God, in 1 Corinthians 13, Paul talks about what love is and he also gives some examples about how valuable love is. In 1 Corinthians 13:2, Paul says that someone could be able to prophesy, understand all mysteries, have all knowledge, and all the faith necessary to move a mountain, but without love it would be nothing! Love is so valuable, and so important, that no matter how much you have of anything else, without love those things are worthless; all you would have amounts to nothing.
The really wonderful thing is that as Christians we do have the God kind of love in us (Romans 5:5), and so we should do all that we can to let God’s love work in us and through us. No matter how much we have of anything else, without the love of God operating in our lives, it is all for nothing! We all need to be sure that our emphasis is not on just knowing a lot or even having vast amounts of faith, but our focus is on developing in the love of God.
1 Corinthians 13:2 (NKJV)
When I travel in Europe, one thing I pay attention to is the currency that I need to use. This is not too difficult in Europe, because many nations there use the Euro as their currency. But, in some countries, like Norway and Denmark, they do not accept the Euro. There have been times that I was in one of those nations, and I have had some Euros in my possession, but I have not been able to use them. No matter how many Euros I had, I was not able to purchase anything, so despite all the Euros that I had, it really amounted to nothing.
In writing about the love of God, in 1 Corinthians 13, Paul talks about what love is and he also gives some examples about how valuable love is. In 1 Corinthians 13:2, Paul says that someone could be able to prophesy, understand all mysteries, have all knowledge, and all the faith necessary to move a mountain, but without love it would be nothing! Love is so valuable, and so important, that no matter how much you have of anything else, without love those things are worthless; all you would have amounts to nothing.
The really wonderful thing is that as Christians we do have the God kind of love in us (Romans 5:5), and so we should do all that we can to let God’s love work in us and through us. No matter how much we have of anything else, without the love of God operating in our lives, it is all for nothing! We all need to be sure that our emphasis is not on just knowing a lot or even having vast amounts of faith, but our focus is on developing in the love of God.
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