Nothing Without Love

If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. (1 Corinthians 13:2)

Have you ever felt like nothing? You are not alone. Hundreds of millions of people experience this sensation. It is natural to see yourself as nothing in the grand scheme of time and space in the universe.

What is the source of this feeling of nothingness, you ask? Quite simply, it's associated with a lack of love. Without love, as the Spirit said through Paul to the Corinthians, we are nothing.

Love is the key ingredient to Life. Without love, there is no Light and there is no Life.

How great is love? Well, look at all the things we could possess and still be nothing:

We can have the gift of prophecy. What a great gift that is!

We can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge. Many people are in strong pursuit of knowledge and solving mysteries. Indeed, this is largely the domain of science.

We can have great faith - enough to move mountains. Evangelists don't appear to be short on faith, from what I can tell.

There are some great things - mighty things indeed! We can have them all, but if we have not love in our hearts, we are nothing.

Nothing without love.

What is missing from the world today? What is missing from the churches, schools, companies?

In a word, love.

The truth is, from God's perspective, there is a lot of nothing going on in the world today. To be sure, people are doing lots of things. There's plenty of activity in the world. But it lacks love. And without love, it is nothing.

When love is present, God is there.

God is love.
(1 John 4:8)

When love is present, there is Light. When love is present, there is Life. Take away love, and you have nothing.

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13)

May you have love in your heart, always...

Agape,

Steve