The Fear in Giving

We must never tarry in giving Love away for fear of vulnerability, lack of return, or jarring reception. Why must we hold captive the overflow of God Himself when there are thirsty, aching, broken, lonely, dry, hard-hearted, blinded people so close to us? While we may have reservations in giving Love away, we must not let our selfishness stand as a blockade between God and His people.

God-Love is extremely jarring to humans. If we were oil, its genuine motives, extreme faithfulness, perfect timing, and piercing Truth work as water. However, because this water is Living, it has the power to penetrate anything. So at first, like water, God's Love may just settle on the surface, but once it is stirred up, it begins to mix. But it doesn't stay that unless we continually work to keep it stirred. It is always there, but we may not feel it because no stirring has taken place.

So why is it so scary to GIVE this God-love away? I think it has something to do with how we perceive it may be received. When God's Love fills and overfills our hearts, it has no other option than to flow out of our hearts. Before you know it, the people you extend a hand to will be soaking wet, dripping in God-Love. We ourselves are soaking wet with God's rushing love. Just like when splashing a bucket of water onto a random passerbyer's face would be extremely shocking, God's Love is shocking, too! So when we love with God's love, people are going to be shocked.

To be a biblical, God-love giving Christian, you will not be entirely accepted. A few times, in a genuine effort to be an extension of my Savior's love, people have been taken aback by the love I show them. When we look at what love is as described in 1 Corinthians 13 and if we were to show that kind of love to strangers, friends, and family, they'd probably be very taken aback!

I'm not sure if I'm getting my point across. I'll be short and sweet.

We are not loving with God-Love.
We are leery to accept the God-Love people give us.
God-Love can often appear as romantic interest because of the faithfulness, genuine-ness, and devotion it carries along with it.
Be careful not to mistake faithful friendship dripping with God-love as romantic interest.

Yeah.

I didn't get my point across...

Don't be afraid to give God-Love away because you're afraid it will look like something other than what it is. Just give. And when people give you God-Love, don't automatically assume it is given with romantic interests.

Let your love be jarring. Let it be wild. Let it be wreckless. God's is. Let yours be, too.

Be the cup of Love that people are dying to drink from.