A New Commandment I give to you.

Our Lord Jesus on the night prior to his crucifixion he said these beautiful words to his disciples after washing their feet that brought tears to my eyes when I read it. "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.” (John‬ ‭13‬:‭34‬ ‭KJV)‬‬

LOVE ONE ANOTHER... could you feel the passion in that statement but at the same time feel as though this is a hard saying.

As my grandmother would say "wat a hard nut fi crack." This means a thing is hard to do or very hard to understand. Let's be really honest with ourselves this is maybe the hardest thing God ever asked of us. The truth is generally speaking, people make it so hard to love them unless you understand human nature and the sin that is embedded in us then it's easy to get distracted by the actions of others and often times that determine wether or not that person is loveable.

What is love? According to the Oxford Dictionary love is an "intense feeling of deep affection." It's to feel deep affection towards something or someone. So Lord you are telling me if someone constantly lie, steals from me, hate me without a cause, pretend to like me yet speak negatively behind my back etc. then I must keep a deep affection towards that person? Well, sorry to disappoint you but his answer is YES. "Do I have to?" You might ask.

Yes, because this is where we need to then reset our focus on our own faults and short comings yet the LORD love for us remain the same.

Noticed the Lord said I am not asking you to love I am telling you, now that's a command. "A new commandment I give unto you." This does not imply that God is forcing anything on us but rather if we say we are his disciples then this is his command. Do you have rules that you expect others to abide by if they will remain in your life? I'm sure we all do, then the same goes for the Lord.

As I said people of God, I know some people make it hard for us to love them because of their wicked ways. Sometimes people you trusted betray you so bad that it cuts your soul and you might feel like the best thing to do is to spend the rest of your life resenting that person. We are only human and sometimes it's okay to sit in that emotion but just for a little while. We have to find the courage and the strength to keep loving even if there is no reason given. I like the sound of that "We have to find the courage and the strength to keep loving even if there is no reason given." ;)

One of the thing that helps me to love and to forgive easily is to look at the situation from God's perspective. I would want my Heavenly Father to forgive me for my wicked ways and believe me when I tell you there are many. It's by the grace of God why we are able in most cases to control our wicked ways. If God was not with man, I don't know what this world would be like. Can you even fathom that thought?

Find the courage to love your enemies and do good to them that dispitefully use you and say all manner of evil against you. Afterall, if they call our Lord which is master of the house Belzebub what saith you and I that are his servants as it is written. "If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?" (Matthew 10:25 KJV)

I feel the Lord is leading me to share this. On my podcast you can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5gngzMe2x71nCdzuv2NNSk?si=m4t8YDQpTD2Ygp1kypPrjQ

I shared a story behind the reason why for years I couldn't feel anything towards my biological mother. I had no love or compassion in my heart for her. When thoughts of her rush through my mind my heart responded with numbness. It was as if there was a disconnection somewhere, I just couldn't feel anything. When I gave my life to Christ and started going though and is still going through my deliverances. I knew something was wrong and that this was not normal. Even though our relationship have not mended with many efforts tried I can honestly say today with a lot of prayer and self denial I can say I feel love and compassion towards my mother. I am unable to express this to her because of personal reasons but I have done my best where our relationship is concern and all I can do is love and pray for her. Let God handle the rest.

Sometimes that all you need to do, pray on those difficult situations where you feel it's hard to love and let God do the rest let plant that seed of love in your heart. I'm sharing this with you just so you can know I have been there. It's hard to love some people simply because of who they are. They make it impossible to do so but with our God all things are possible.

Friends, we can't say we love God but hate one another especially as believers of the gospel of Jesus Christ because Jesus was the perfect example of love. How can we love God that we have never seen but hate each other that we have seen, touched and most case commune with?

"If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?" 1 John 4:20

Imagine a world filled with love, what a beautiful place this would be.

Yes I know your father abandoned you or maybe your mother but I say unto you love your parents because the truth is they are and will always be your biological parents.

You can't get along with family members? Love them regardless and try your very best to make peace with them.

Your spouse have betrayed you and you are considering a divorce. You might want to rethink on that and go back to why you fell in love with your partner that would cause you to make a vow that says "until death do us part." And of course the list goes on.

Sons and daughters of God love one another. Pastors love and show compassion to the flocks that God entrusted to you. Husbands love your wives, children love your parents, friends love each other. In a nutshell we are all one and from one God let us love and live as one.

Put it this way, love makes your heart feel better. Do you want to feel better? Then, love..

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