"If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing."
God is not interested in disinterested benevolence. Actions alone are incomplete, they need to be based on right motivations. The greatest of sacrifices are hollow without love. What would be your motivation to sacrifice if it were not love? You might be motivated by a desire to be repaid for your sacrifice, a desire to be thought well of by other people, or a desire to simply end you life. All of these reasons are selfish, and selfish sacrifice does not honor the Lord. There are good reasons to sacrifice, in addition to love. But if these reasons are devoid of love, they will not honor the Lord.
No comments:
Post a Comment