God Is Love Be Like Him
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.”
“Be like Mike” was a popular phrase over 20 years ago. It encouraged us to be like Michael Jordan, arguably one of the best basketball players ever.
Recently, I saw this sign on the marquee at a church: “God is love. Be like Him.”
While it’s great to strive to be like someone we admire, it’s far better to strive to be like our Heavenly Father.
Remember that God SO loved us that He gave His Son. (John 3:16)
Because God is love, and He showed us His love in giving His Son for us, we should love others.
“In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”
I John 4:9-11
Jesus, God’s Son, showed us how to truly love, not just in words, but in deeds.
Remember how Jesus washed His disciples’ feet? Some of them were more concerned with status, what position they would hold in His kingdom.
Jesus taught them “servant leadership.”
“If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.”
John 13:14-15
