by Bill Nicks

Wouldn't it be great if everyone had a soul sparkling with love for God — a love that would hunger for the truth that God has revealed in His word for us? How dreary must be the life that is not actuated by the will of God! How bleak must be the soul that refuses to drink from the fountain of the "water of life" (Rev. 22:17)! "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths" (Prov. 3:5f).

Wouldn't it be great if everyone had a soul aglow with love for his fellow man, a love that would seek the highest good of his brother? If only that love for God could, by His grace, fill the hearts of men. It would expel all hatred, malice and ill will. This kind of love would reduce us to humility, to recognize the truth of Romans 12:2, that we can be "transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."

If the mind is changed and attuned to the spiritual, then we could embrace all mankind in that love, whether they be high or low, good or bad, simply because we all have a common Creator who requires us to "love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another" (John 12:34). This is how we can prove we are His disciples (verse 35). "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one toward another." This kind of love would impel us to take as many to heaven with us as possible, regardless of race or nationality.

Thanks to The Voice of Truth International, vol 19, page 69.