Mon., 2/26/18 Devotion (1 Cor. 13:8a)

Today's encouragement comes from the few, but powerful words of 1 Corin-thians 13:8a, where we read this:

"Love never fails. . . . "

Why does love never fail? Because love is the best barometer of the heart. It always exposes the truth; and everyone—without exception—is subject to its scrutiny. This is one of the reasons God insists that we love Him. Without sin-cere love for God, none of our other "services" rendered to Him mean any-thing—(in fact, they become repulsive to Him).

The real important question for all of us today is this, "Who (or what) do we love the *most*?" If Christ is not at very the top of the list, then we should face the sobering reality that we are, in fact, idolaters. God would have us love other people, and even some things—but these must always be subordinate to our love for Him in and through Jesus Christ alone.

[Puritan quote of the day: "He that frets will be willing to do evil; fretting Jonah was sinning Jonah, (Jon. 4:9).” —Thomas Watson, in, "All Things for Good"]