Commit to Memory: “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.” (1 John 4:7 ESV).
Beloved, God wants us to be peculiar in love. It is for this reason he created you peculiar, in as much as you are born again. To be peculiar in love, means to be unique and different in the way you show love, live in love, preach love, give love and walk in love. We must show love the God way, I mean the way and manner Jesus expressed love in all its meaning in the days of his flesh. This is documented in John 11:35, the Bible says “Jesus wept.” In verse 36, the Jews around said behold, see how he loved him. In other words, the reason why Jesus was heartily weeping profusely to the extent that it was so visible to the people around was that it was borne out of compassion, love and empathy. See what Romans 5:8 AMPC says:
“But God shows and clearly proves His [own] love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for us.”
This means that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Why? To show the peculiarity of his boundless love towards us.
Friends, if we say we are peculiar people, then we must show love in everything we do. How? Love in your relationship, love in your character disposition, etc. Why? Love wins, love conquers, love speaks wisely, love never fails and never gives up on people. The ordinary man loves to get and get until he forgets but the peculiar man loves to give and give and so he forgives. So as a peculiar people created by God, God desires that we must show love differently from the way the world does. Don’t give up on anybody, keep praying for that loved one, don’t stop showing love till Jesus arrest such a one, start loving the unlovable, reach out to those that are lost, be peculiar in love.
Reflection: Love expressed without ulterior motives or selfish gains are signs to a peculiar life in Christ.
Prayer Lines
•Father, help me love in a peculiar way.
•Father, give me the grace to love like you in all ways till I see you in glory.