"It (love) always trusts, always hopes" I Corinthians 13:7
There are three important reasons we are studying I Corinthians 13:4-8 this Summer.
First, these four verses describe and demonstrate the love, the unconditional "agape" love, God has you. How does God love you? Read the verses!
Second, it is important to understand how God wants you to love others.
The Great Commandment says to "love God completely and love others passionately". I Corinthians 13:4-8 shows you what that sort of love looks like.
Third, this portion of Scripture gives you a way of knowing if God's love is active in your life!
Experiencing this great Godly love begins with your decision to trust God for your salvation. Trusting God means you give God the benefit of the doubt. When you are tempted to doubt God's Word or His will or His work in your life, instead you give Him the benefit of the doubt.
That's one aspect of what it means to "always trust" - to always give God the benefit of the doubt.
Something amazing happens as you commit to "always trusting", hope begins to grow within you. There is hope when you believe God is trustworthy but not much hope when you don't believe He is.
This reminds me of Hebrews 11, the "Faith Chapter":
"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible." Hebrews 11:1-3
If you want a blessing, study this 11th Chapter of Hebrews to see how these heroes of faith "always trusted" by always giving God the benefit of the doubt. When God asked them to do some BIG and DANGEROUS things, they trusted Him rather than doubting Him.
Notice how as these heroes made decisions to trust the Person of God, He gave them hope by promising them some wonderful blessings.You could say that "always trusting" means refusing to doubt the Person of God and "always hoping" means trusting the promises of God!
Enjoy your meditation!
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