Love Even If You Don't

Saturday, July 24, 2021

The Bible says "love your wives", and "love one another". Someone might say, "I just don’t love my spouse anymore, my feelings have changed". The answer to that is "Who cares"! Think about it - if you’re supposed to take out the garbage and your response is, "I don’t take it out like I used to", it doesn’t matter. Just take out the garbage! God never asked you if you love, He just says love. He isn’t interested in your feelings, it’s a command. Do you think that husbands always feel like loving their wives, or vice versa, even in the best marriages? No more than people feel like always taking out the garbage, or doing anything else all the time. Just do what He said. That goes for anything in the Word. Don’t make it so complicated. You don’t have to feel it. That’s good news, because it’s bigger and deeper than feelings. Love anyway - the feelings will come. Praise Him anyway - the feelings will come. Rejoice anyway - the joy will come. Your faith and walk is too important to be bound up by something as flaky as feelings.

From Message #819 - The Radical Love