How You Lovin’?

“Love one another with brotherly affection [as members of one family], giving precedence and showing honor to one another.” The Greek word for love here is phileo. Phileo love is brotherly love, friendship love. In this world as it is now, we must strive towards showing this love to the people we come into contact with in our everyday lives. Along with this campaign of showing love to all, is honoring one another. Preferring your brother or sister in the Lord before yourself is another level of walking in love. Agape love is the love God, which He demonstrated to us by sacrificing His only begotten Son for our sin. This love is big on self denial, always putting others first even when they don’t deserve it. Most people can handle phileo love because it doesn’t require as much sacrifice. As we honor one another we demonstrate God’s character working in us. We must come to the conclusion that everything isn’t always about us. We all have different levels of self-esteem which can hender our love walk in general. If you’re not right, how can you give what you don’t have. The Lord has said, “Take my yoke upon you and learn of me for I am meek and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest unto your souls, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” We must include the Lord in our love walk, because God is love.