FAITH

His Love Is Perfected In Us

I talked about this passage in IG stories this morning, and I wanted to archive it because it’s just so rich and good.

Let’s look into the IF/THEN STATEMENT going on in the last sentence, my friends.

IF we love one another, (THEN) God ABIDES in us and his LOVE IS PERFECTED in us.

The implication and importance of perfection is key here. God’s love is PERFECTED in us. What does that mean? It means that God’s love is made complete and perfect in us. It’s lacking in nothing–it is whole.

The best part is that WE don’t have to do the loving or perfecting. He’s going to come and abide in us and HE is going to do the loving for us. Because let’s be honest. We do a really terrible job of it on our own.

Also,

No one has seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

This semicolon means that the two thoughts are connected. So we haven’t seen God–no one has– but when we love one another and God abides in us, THAT’S how we get to see God in the world. So cool.

Anyways, I love taking a passage and really digging into to it; the best and most impactful truths usually take some time to uncover!