Some have said love is a universal language, but it’s meaning differs depending on what you’re talking about. Real love has life and it gives life. The Bible says, “God is love” (1 John 4:8). This is ‘Agape’ (Greek), and it refers to God’s kind of love that expresses the very nature of God exercised as a deliberate choice without any external incentive or influence. It’s an attitude or predisposition to regard with favour, or make a thing or person worthy of great honour or value.
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). This is the ultimate love - sacrificial love - and that’s exactly what the Lord Jesus did for us on the cross of Calvary. I call it supernatural love because it is a nature – God’s nature. Most times, however, when people talk about love what they really mean is ‘Phileo,’ which connotes having tender affection for something or someone. This love comes, not as a matter of choice, but is a feeling brought about by outside incentive or influence.
As God’s child, ‘Agape’ has been shed abroad in your heart by the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5). You possess the love that’s in such high demand. This means the beauty of God’s nature that’s poured into you can now be revealed to your world. The world will be intrigued at the demonstration of this love, it may even be strange to them, but as God’s representative, you have the responsibility to show this supernatural, unlimited, unconditional love that flows from the heart of the Father to your world.
