What does it mean that love always perseveres? It means two things. The first is that our love is bound to be tested. Perseverance suggests hardships. It suggests resistance.
Think about someone you love. There must have been times when it was difficult to love that individual. As Christians, we know fundamentally every person has a sinful nature and thus are bound to sin against others—even against those who love the individual, especially against those who love the individual. The people who love the most have the greatest potential to hurt us with their sin.
But love perseveres. Love endures even when it is hard and tough. Even when there seems like it’s running on empty, love continues to love.
Jesus is the ultimate role model for this. He went to the Cross for the very people who put him there—that’s you and me! Jesus didn’t just die for people who needed him, he died for people who hurt him and yes, even killed him.
If you think about, because of our sin, all of us are responsible for Jesus’ death. And yet, love perseveres. Despite our sin and despite how much we hurt him and even killed him, Jesus continues to love us.
And when we accept his love, we become conduits of his love toward others. When we allow Jesus into our lives, our love becomes invincible like his love because it is really his love flowing through us. And because his love perseveres, so do ours.
Does your love persevere? Is the love of Jesus flowing through you?
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