Sunday, February 2, 2014

But when...

I Corinthians 13:9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.

This love chapter explains the endurance of love a bit further.

All of the knowledge we attain, and all of the prophecies we speak into the future, are all incomplete.  There are things too lofty for us to understand, items too intricate for us to comprehend, and ideas and visions too big for us to ever grasp.  We are human flesh and blood, with limits.

I love the “but” in this verse because of what comes after it – completeness.

When completeness comes, all that limited us will be gone.

I John 2 says, But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. 

As we obey the Lord daily, love him and love others, completeness comes.

Completeness is defined as the state of having everything needed.


We’ve got it all wrong.  We are seeking after things that don’t last.  And that’s why we’re weary.

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