And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself. Luke 10: 27,
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 1 Cor 13:1-2
If I try to give or give but I do not have love towards my fellow man then I have given in vain because God would not acknowledge it. Love endures all things and unlike everything else, love never fails. It is an extremely important attitude to have, develop and cultivate. Love is not something that happens and comes out of nowhere, it is an emotion and attitude that we decide to have, develop and cultivate. Love helps us to love people irrespective of who they are, their standard of living, the way they react towards us and their social status.
The bible passage tells us that without love we are nothing. It says without love, no matter who we are or what our standard of living is, if we do not care about people and do not love them then everything we do is nothing. Without love everything that we do is for nothing! This means all the effort we put in does not count in the scheme of things.
Without love we never really profit, no matter what we have. If our giving is based on self-aggrandizement, it would not profit us in anyway is the whole scheme of things. If what we do does not have genuine love then we do not have the benefit of profit. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Galatians 6: 7.
A lot of us act the part all the time, we do not express genuine love towards the people around us. Without love we cannot gain eternal life. Luke 10: 27-37. First of all, when we love God we would love or fellow man. It is very important that we show love to everyone comes in contact with us. This according to the word of God is the second of the ultimate commandment given to man. Love your neighbor as you love yourself!
Some of us will not enjoy the beauty of life because we see ourselves as too high up there to love the people beneath us. The greatest joy that we experience in life is found in the love we express towards our neighbors.
