If I have faith that can move mountains,but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor... that I boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. (1 Corinthians 13: 2-3)
Paul goes on in 4-7 to give the definition of love. Love is not boastful or easily angered; love is patient , kind, humble;honors others,seeks others‘ benefit , and keeps no records of wrongs. So it is not enough to go through outward shows of charity.
You may wonder,”How may I give all that I have to the poor and not have love? Isn’t such giving definitive proof of love I have for the poor? But Paul writes that if your have selfish motives it is all for nothing.
Jesus promised in Matthew’ Gospel (21:21)... “but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’it will be done”. But Paul added if we have faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, we are nothing. So Love God and others.
God Bless You.
Lord help us to truly love, to be motivated by love in all that we do, not merely go through the motions of being generous and caring.
