Love is the Movement

         I have yet another post today containing wisdom for any of you who care to actually read this. This one also comes from The Final Quest and it concerns faith and love.

          "So you must seek love first, and then faith. You cannot please Me without faith. But faith is not just the knowledge of My power, but the knowledge of My love and the power of  My love. Faith must first be for love. Seek faith to love more, and to do more with your love.  Only when you seek faith to love can I trust you with My power. Faith works by love."

          Love is such an important asset to us. Without love for God, Jesus would not have been sent to save us all. But so often we place more emphasis on faith than we do love. Jesus wants us to love first. The above quote says it all. Faith must first be for love. Faith works by love. If we have faith and no love, where does that leave us? Do we really have faith at all? Let's answer it this way: why do we have faith in God? Because He LOVED us so much that He sent His only Son to die for us. I argue that without love there is no faith. We must love. However, with that said, I do still believe discipline is needed in our lives. A loving discipline. If we can't accept discipline as love from those above us, we are in grave danger. My parents used to always say that they spanked me because they loved me. I never believed that when I was little, but now as a leader, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they were telling the truth. Discipline is love if done in the right way.