Sacrificial Love

Sacrificial Love

“But love your enemies and be kind and do good [doing favors so that someone derives benefit from them] and lend, expecting and hoping for nothing in return but considering nothing as lost and despairing of no one; and then your recompense (your reward) will be great (rich, strong, intense, and abundant), and you will be sons of the Most High, for He is kind and charitable and good to the ungrateful and the selfish and wicked.” Our instructions from the Lord are to love our enemies and be kind and do good. Can you do that without God’s help, maybe not. This doesn’t mean being their best friend or hanging around them all the time. Acts of love with agape love for our motivation should eventually be of general M O dealing with everyone the same way. That makes things easier to do if you don’t like them. You can love someone without liking them. Love is an action word, a word of sacrifice under agape rules. It only knows how to give out, and at the same time it knows not to become a door mat for people to walk all over. There is the wisdom of love embedded in agape love traits. Agape love is the love of God, the way He loves without restraint no matter the offense done to Him. You can love your enemies from a distance if necessary, but the love of God doesn’t respond to offenses.