Jesus had a purpose set for his life. As every human being has a purpose distinct to that person, Jesus’ was the ultimate. And he fulfilled it without any excuse or argument. His argument could have been many things. He was called to die for people that were/are totally unworthy, yet Jesus did it boldly. That is love. Love is an action word.

However, this isn’t a message to identify what purpose is. This is tidings to discover what love is. It is not a feeling but an act of will; the desire to put the welfare of others above your own. This type of love is not a love based on affection or emotion.

See, Jesus expressed love not only to those in which he laid his life for, but for his Father in Heaven; the reason for which he was sent. The purpose-giver. Jesus’ purpose is synonymous with his love for God as much as it is with his love for us. Love being the newest commandment, the one thing that rectifies all.

It is the act of love that keeps us connected to God. The requirement.

With the accounts of war, turmoil, murder, slander, divorce, division of any sort, these do not align with love. How we come to express love speaks to the measure in which we do. Love is not a standstill that should wait to be moved. Love is a movement all on its own. Romans 5:8 says, “but God shows his love (agape) for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

Love is an act of selflessness, with love, you must be the giver. It’s not something that one should do to please oneself, but love is meant to please our Father in Heaven. Where or when everything else might fail, true love should not.

There aren’t many words left in the dictionary that haven’t changed by definition, love is one of them. Love is an action, a verb. A straight arrow, not a flip-flopper. Something natural, without the use of force. Love should drive you to be better, stronger, greater, for anything contrary could quite, possibly not be love.