An old camp fire song suggests it only takes a spark to get a fire going. Yet, what happens if your heart is like damp and wet fire wood? Or how can you rekindle hope if you feel so cold and distant from God? These are the moments in life where I pray for God to reveal His love to me.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another,” John 13:34-35.
In their song Reveal Your Love, Esterlyn addresses this issue on their album entitled Lamps. The lyrics of this soft rock ballad implies that you can’t be the person God wants you to be until this prayer is answered. Subsequently, as you begin to sense and experience God’s love, the spiritual fire within you begins to rub off on others in the form of subtle acts of kindness.
Let all that you do be done in love, 1 Corinthians 16:14.
However, for those of you still on the outside looking in, the fire inside is growing dim. This is where we find Elijah, petrified from the death threat he receives from King Ahab’s wife, Jezebel. Depression caused this prophet to lose his will to live. With suicidal thoughts entering his mind, God appeared to Elijah in a still small voice. May this encouraging encounter with God motivate you to press on, waiting for God to reveal His love to you as well.
by Jay Mankus
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