My behavior toward others reveals my view of God and whether I know the true God. This conclusion is true because God is love, but it also naturally leads to the question, “What is love like?” My answer to that question and my conformance to the answer reveal whether I know God. So, I need to ponder what love is like and compare that with how I behave.
Love is patient, kind, generous, and open with relationships. Am I like that? Love is humble and thoughtful. Does that describe my attitude? Love honors the opinions and wishes of others over my own. Am I doing that? Love is slow to become angry and forgets being wronged. Do I qualify? Love rejoices when justice is done and is content when truth is told. How am I doing there? Love persists in the face of loss and always believes in the best about others. Do I? Love hopes unfailingly and never stops. Does that describe me? Love is obedient and self-sacrificing. Does that characterize my relationships?
In what ways would the lives of people I know be better if I were like this? Who do I need to apologize to for having failed to behave this way? What does the way I behave reveal about my relationship with God? What is the most important change I need to let God make in my behavior? Will I ask Him to do that?
Ensure you let your actions and words reveal God’s true nature to others.
Earl C Pomeroy is a retired engineer, chaplain, wilderness camping guide, and recreational poet. Writing poetry is how he processes things. He was formerly a member of the Word Weavers International chapter in Boone County KY, but he now lives in Forney, TX, with his daughter. He has self-published a book titled More Than Finest Gold, a paraphrase of Psalm 119 fashioned as an English language acrostic. For most of his married life, he and his wife, Ila Jean, maintained a ministry of rescuing women from the street in their home. They showed the women the love of Jesus and guided them to a new life in Christ. You can contact Earl at www.mountaintopcreatives.com.