“4Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8Love never ends.” — 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (ESV)
And there it is, what love is and what it is not. Love is there for the good and it really does overcome the evil. Where love is the other cannot be.
I am studying the word “envy” and this morning was brought here and low and behold I have found the way that envy can be rooted out of my life, heart, and mind. I have to fill them with love and when I do so, envy cannot reside. I have to allow love to overtake me and then flow from within to the outside so that I can share with those around me. I have to be the example of love.
I know that I have chose the right mission in life as I continue to read and study God’s word: “Improve lives through growth and learning as an example of God’s love.” The last 4 words are the truth I have to remember each and every day. When I am the example of God’s love, I will have no room for envy in my life or anywhere. I will be filled with that which I will let overflow onto others and in all situations, love, and more importantly the love of God.
What are you filling up with daily? Are you allowing envy to fill you and not allowing love? What if you were to fill with the love of God and allow it to root out envy in your life?
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