Love always trusts

Love always trusts

Bible: 1 Corinthians 13

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[Love] always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres (V.7).

I saw a friend of mine looking out for someone I thought wasn’t very trustworthy. I thought my friend was being taken in, and I was afraid he would be left feeling used in the end. When I told him how I felt, he replied, “When I stand before God, I hope He’ll say of me that I’ve loved too many, rather than too few.” I’ve never forgotten his words. Paul insists that “[love] always protects, always trusts” (1 CORINTHIANS 13:7). Love “always trusts” in people. It can see they are God’s people, no matter how broken they may be. It believes that God can take the most unattractive and messed up person and turn them into an example of God’s generosity and kindness. I’m not saying we should be doormats to everyone we meet—but we do need to be givers and ready to serve anyone. Sure, we need to be wise about dangerous people. And sometimes tough love (like telling our friends truths they don’t want to hear) may be the best way to care for them. Yet we mustn’t be too uptight and guarded. Love is about learning to open up our lives a little more to let people in. “If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that. But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect” (MATTHEW 5:47 NLT).

LOVE IS TREATING OTHERS LIKE JESUS WOULD.

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