1 John 3:16 [MSG]
“Christ sacrificed his life for us. This is why we ought to live sacrificially for our fellow believers, and not just be out for ourselves..”

DAILY READING• John 6:22-59; 1 Chronicles 24; Zechariah10

In the early morning hours of 15 April 1912, the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Over 1,500 people perished in the icy waters, while only 705 people survived. Most of these survivors were women and children.
Though the male passengers were more in number, at the time of the disaster, they selflessly carried out the order of the ship’s Captain to put the women and children first in lifeboats.
To carry out this order required courage and sacrifice. The men acted in the spirit of love. It was not the survival of the fittest, rather the men made sure that the weakest survived. Because of this, most of the women and children were saved. The ship’s Captain, along with more than 1,300 other brave men who couldn’t gain access to lifeboats, all went down with the ship.
To honor these men, women all over America contributed towards a fund and built a monument in the Nation’s capital, on which is engraved: “To the brave men of Titanic who gave their lives that women and children might be saved.”
Interestingly, a hundred years later in 2012, another ship sank which was much larger than the Titanic. This was the Italian cruise vessel “Concordia.” In this case, the captain gave a far different order by declaring: “Every man for himself!” The captain himself escaped and abandoned the ship leaving many still on board to drown in the sea. For his selfish action, the captain was later convicted of manslaughter.

Truly in the world today, the slogan seems to be “Every man for himself!” No one seems to care about what happens to others.
But as believers, the Bible teaches us to live differently.
Over 2000 years ago, Jesus willingly laid down His life at the Cross to save humanity from drowning in the sea of sin and death.
Jesus loved us so much that He gave up His life that we might live.
He gave us an example to prioritize the deliverance of others and do whatever it takes to rescue them from drowning in the sea of sin and perdition in the world.
The truth is that many people are dying in silence; some are struggling with sin, suffering emotional abuse, marital challenges, health problems, financial challenges, family calamities etc.
As believers, we must be concerned about both the salvation of sinners and stability of our fellow brethren.
Our love for God naturally finds expression in our love for people.
1 John 4:20-21 says ‘If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?’
Severally in the Scriptures, Jesus emphasized the need for us to live a life of loving others.
Especially in this end-time, we need the power of love to be strongly at work in our lives. This is important because love is the foundation of God’s kingdom upon which all other laws hang. I Corinthians 13:3 tells us that no matter what we do in God’s kingdom, if the love is not involved, it is all in vain.
We can’t go far spiritually until we get our love walk right! We are the body of Christ and we have to have common-union (communion).
Not walking in love is one of the hidden traps the enemy often uses to hinder the progress of many believers. Not walking in love can stop prayers from being answered and cause stagnancy is certain areas of a believer’s life.
But living a life ruled by the love of God opens us up to live in the highest measure of blessings and power.
In these days of fierce spiritual battle against the forces of wickedness, love is our strong defense. When we dwell in love, we dwell in God and when God is for us nothing and no one can be against us.
Today, let us plead the Blood of Jesus against anything that tries to hinder our love walk.
Just as Jesus laid down His life that we might live, let us receive the grace today to follow His example of love in all that we do.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for the price You paid for me at Calvary. Today, I receive the grace to overcome hindrances to my love walk and live a life that always pleases You in Jesus Name.
QUOTE;
To get into the next level of your life, God will always give a specific instruction. – WORDBITE 222.