Love Overflowing

“May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you” (1 Thessalonians 3:12).

Think about it --

Have you ever tried to love someone you didn’t like?
Have you ever heard someone ask how she could love her husband more?
Have you ever thought, “I don’t love her anymore?”
Have you ever wondered how you could love an enemy?
Have you ever been called to love someone who was unlovable?
Have you ever had someone suggest that in order to love others you must first love yourself?

What is the secret to having a heart filled with love?

God.

It is the Lord who makes love increase and overflow. The Lord is who can make us love each other. The Lord is the source of love.

So we can pray to God, asking Him to make our love grow, even overflow. After all, our capacity for love is not determined by how we love ourselves. Instead, “We love because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19).

God pours out His love on us until our lives are full and then His love splashes over on those around us.

Not only can we pray for love to grow, but also we can spend time in worship, acknowledging God’s love. And as we receive God’s love in increasing measure, we can experience a change in our hearts as our love grows stronger and deeper.

Only God can turn a scorched desert of a heart into streams of love overflowing. Instead of giving up on ourselves and our relationships, we need to spend time in prayer, asking God to increase our love to overflowing.

— Bob Clark

11/29/06