Rooted and Grounded in Love

Love is the foundation upon which all of God’s interactions with man rest. If we do not have a firm foundation of love on which to rest our souls, we will find our foundation shifting. If we are not firmly convinced of God’s love for us then we will not stand firmly upon His foundational love. Paul says that if we do not have love we “have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.” (1 Corinthians 13:1). If the love of God toward us is not firmly established in our hearts, not planted deep within the bedrock of our trust in Him, then we may noisily proclaim that God is love but we will never experience the peace that His love brings. We will never experience the rest that comes when the foundation upon which we build our lives remains firm and unmoved despite the trouble life brings our way. We will simply be cymbals clanging forth the proclamation of something which we have heard but do not experience.