What Does God's Love Say? Grace Truth and Love

One of the helpful ways I have learned to hear from God and detox those counterfeit voices is to ask myself, “What does love say?” This fine tunes my heart to learn how to hear from God, because His love permeates everything He does with His children. To the believer who is seeking to walk in the truth of God’s Word, this is a safe question to ask because God IS love (1 John 4:16). When you discover the power of what love really is, you gain an understanding of God’s nature. So, it can be really helpful to ask yourself, “What does love say?” or to ask, “What does kindness say?” because kindness is the way God addresses us. I know off the bat, some can react to this advice with apprehension, as many have a distorted lens of what love means. This is a legitimate concern. Pointing to a counterfeit love has given a false permission to live outside of God’s morality and led others into deep deception. I am equally grieved about this escalating problem. Modern society is losing touch at lightning speed with the truth that sets us free. But this cannot negate an important precept. Truth needs to operate within the context of love. The Apostle Paul’s admonition to “speak the truth in love” (Ephesians 4:15) shows us that the power of truth needs the conduit of love for truth to have its intended impact. Truth is like a copper wire with intense voltage. On its own, truth can become a weapon that is used to accuse and damage people unnecessarily. I am sure you have watched many Christians use truth apart from love. It becomes like a live wire, firing off intense voltage and surges of electricity in unpredictable patterns. You cannot even get near it because there are high odds you will get electrocuted. But place that wire into a rubber conduit and you have now channeled that power into its intended flow. That’s how truth operates. God does not slap you in the face with His truth. He does everything through the conduit of His loving kindness towards you. In fact, God has a way of correcting and even chastening us in a way that is empowering, because it is all done through relationship, built on kindness. Loving kindness never dilutes truth. It gives the environment by which truth operates in its fullest potential. Jesus says He is the truth, which shows us that our knowledge of truth is not a connection to concepts, but relationship with a person. You cannot have healthy relationship without loving kindness. Being connected to the power of the truth which sets you free needs to be founded on loving connection to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, while granting that loving kindness to immerse your thoughts. Heart healing will never happen when the kindness of God is not priority. For more insight, take The Heart Healing Journey: https://markdejesus.com/the-heart-hea...