“God has a large stake in how we love.”

A thought by Philip Yancey (2014-10-21) from his book, Vanishing Grace: What Ever Happened to the Good News? (p. 35). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

That is so true. He sent His only Son down here because of His real love for us. He totally put it on the line when He did that. And then after Jesus, His Son was killed but then rose from the grave Jesus then left and went to be with God again and He left it all to us to do what He started. He said in the first part of Acts 1 that we were to continue doing what He, Jesus had begun.

Philip says, “John adds that through love we make known an invisible God: ‘No one has ever seen God ; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.’”

He continues, “Here’s a good test of how well we love: Are other people glad to be with us? Somehow Jesus managed to attract the kind of people frowned upon by most religious types, and yet those renegades clearly liked being with Jesus. Think of the prostitute who crashed a dinner party and anointed him with expensive perfume, or of Zacchaeus, a tax collector scorned by his neighbors as a Roman collaborator. Rather than judging them, Jesus loved and honored them, and in the process brought to the surface a thirst that only he could satisfy.”

And that is what we are to continue doing. You see, God has a great stake in how we love.

So how are we doing?

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