Good Morning All!
During the mid- 1960’s the Beatles recorded
a song entitled “All You need is Love.”
It was written very simply. It was written that way by design. The BBC
commissioned the Beatles to write a song which would be easily understood by
any nationality or in any language. It was then sung on the first international
satellite television show. It was a live broadcast around the world and the
Beatles introduced their song as the end of the broadcast.
It
was an ambitious undertaking requiring thousands of technicians and new
satellite technology. It was complicated by the fact that shortly before the
broadcast the Soviet bloc nations pulled out. It was designed to try and bring
the nations of the world, all the people, to exist in one happy existence. The
fact that the Six Day War broke out right before kind of put a damper on the
event.
The thing is the producers were right. All
you do need is love, sadly; the Beatles were not the place to look. If we were
to look at the history of mankind, the lack of love is the problem. When sin entered the world, man’s perfectly
harmonious relationship with God and with his fellow man was broken. We went
from selfless love to selfish love. We went from caring about our neighbor to
trying to figure out how to stick it to our neighbor.
Immediately after sin, Adam blamed Eve, Eve
blamed the serpent, Cain killed Abel and mankind left God. Sin turned man inward. We look only to our
selfish needs, and we refuse to look out for others. It becomes all about me
and when it is all about me; there is no love. Think about it. Think of 1
Corinthians 13 and the description of love. Love is patient, kind; love keeps
no record of faults, etc. Do you know any selfish person who has those traits?
From the onset of sin, man has been
completely selfish and lost the capacity to love. One of the more important
aspects of the “image of God” was destroyed by sin. We were completely lost in
our own selfish desires and wants. This is why Jesus came into the world. For God so loved the world; that is why Jesus
came.
With His coming, Jesus showed the world
what it means to love. Look at the verses where we are told this. “Greater love
has no man than to lay down his life for another.” “Love one another as I have loved you.” We see Jesus returning man back to his
original purpose; to love one another. It is as if Jesus gave us a badge to
wear for all to see. That badge is the badge of love for each other. The
question we need to ask ourselves is do we wear the badge, or do we hide it? Do
we share God’s love, his compassion, for the people we come in contact with, or
do we hide it and stay with our sinful selfishness? God gives us the power to love, through
faith; we can impact the world in a way that John Lennon could not have
imagined.
Dear
Father, your love is all that we need and all that we have, Give us the courage
to love, give us the capacity to love, and bring us together as your dear
children to show your love to all. Bless those who are especially in need of
experiencing your love. Use us as your hands to show your love to the world. In
Jesus’ precious name we pray. Amen
God’s
Peace,
Pastor
Bret
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