"For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love."
Galatians 5:6
I like the idea here that faith works by love. I don't think that I ever really thought of it that way before, but in reading and thinking about this today, it makes sense. If we are talking about having faith in a person, we love and trust them enough to have deep confidence in their motivations and actions. And if we have faith in a thing, then it is something we envision or idealize... an idea that we have grown to love.
So, the power of faith, the power of love, and the power of God seem to overlap a lot. To be effective, we have to believe in and love something real and true... and of course the source of all truth, and the embodiment of love is God, so in him all these things come together and are whole and complete ideas with incredible power. Today, let's revisit love and work with God to develop it further, to find out what real love is and not the washed out, manipulative, or twisted versions that we sometimes run into, but rather the wellspring of what love should be, and as we learn that, I think we will also learn some faith. :)
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