"...as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand...." Jeremiah 18:6
The Potter loves His work, as Jesus love me.
The Potter is patient with His work, as Jesus is with me.
Obey what I ask of Thee?
To love your neighbor, and
Above all love Me.
Long ago, when My only begotten Son walked among man,
He Himself said His 'meat' was to do My will,
So, how much better for you my child even still.
It is My will that you be free, free from oppression, free to live,
Free to love, you know, simply free to be.
But, so many times it doesn't seem to me that I am free, and I certainly do not always show love.
That's because you are looking at what you can see and not at Me.
I assure you, My love, which is perfect, casts out all fear and it never fails.
This love of which I speak cannot be mustered from within,
No, it is poured into your heart through the Holy Spirit;
You know, the one Who teaches, lets you know what is to come, and convicts of sin.
So giving things up, and being nice to people, and doing things for them does not indicate love?
Only when done by Me through you.
See you love Me, because I first loved you.
And without Me you can do nothing... and that includes loving one another.
For without Me, love does not exist.
I am love.
To love is to keep My commandments.
But, keeping "commandments" sounds so odd these days; people think they are strange.
You can't worry about what others think. They are not Me - I Am.
I promise you, if you abide in Me, I will abide in you..
And you will bring forth much fruit.
This fruit includes love...
I tell you these things so your joy may be full.
This is my commandment that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
So me doing something for someone so they will like or love me in return has nothing to do with love?
No, quite the contrary.
Doing that indicates you're doing it just for you.
Remember, Christ gave His life so you might live, not so others would like or love Him.
He gave His life not for Him, but just for you.
"...as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand...." Jeremiah 18:6
