Daily Wisdom

“And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;” Phil 1:9

We must keep in remembrance that God is love (1 Jn 4:8), and it’s that love that is the spiritual adhesive or glue which adheres truth to and in our lives. Think back to early school years when you learned the secret of good ol Elmer’s glue, and what started out as a simple direction from your teacher to glue two pieces of paper together ended up in a trip to the principal's office once you had both of your hands coated as casts (maybe that was just me). Anyway, back to the point… by Paul’s encouragement we are directed to abound, coat our spirit with God’s love. For wherever the work of the Spirit of God is, there is love, which is a fruit of the Spirit; and where there is not love, there cannot be that good work. Paul proceeds to enumerate the blessings which he sought for them; and it’s important to note that he didn’t ask riches, or worldly prosperity, but that his supplications were confined to spiritual blessings, and he sought these as the most desirable for them.  Paul also calls for a balance in our love through knowledge and judgment.  That as our love abounds, so our knowledge might be increased, and our judgment in spiritual things be better informed and established. Some Christians are more affectionate, and less knowing; others are more knowing, and less affectionate. Man’s love is apt to fail, but the more we abound in God’s love the more we grow in his knowledge, and the better our spiritual judgment (discernment) towards others. Paul calls us to a spiritually intelligent affection, not emotionally blind human affection, that generates a love that is an enlarged view of God’s divine nature.  

“We love others best when we love God most.”  

HSAY… Todd