“And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.” – 1 Corinthians 13:2
As political season kicks into an even higher gear, it’s helpful for Christians to remember this truth!
No matter how valid our critique, how high our IQ, how many our degrees, how insightful our facts, how long our experience, or how deep our understanding of the issues may be, if our expression of all that isn’t motivated by love and fails to communicate the authenticity of our love, we are nothing.
No matter how deep and life-changing our faith may be, if we aren’t actively and obviously operating out of love, not only is our faith in Christ critically deficient, but we are working against the advance of the Kingdom of God. We are nothing.
As followers of Jesus Christ, we are people of truth. We must obviously speak and type truth at all times. But that truth must be wrapped in the deep love of God that we ourselves are unworthy recipients of. If our lips aren’t communicating love, we should close them and if our fingertips aren’t typing love, we should remove them from our devices until such time as we are so full of God’s love that it overflows out of us.