Only God's love can help us!

Colossians 3:17
Whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Yesterday we were at a line trying to get into Universal Studios. It was taking the attendants an unusually long time to process the people in and it didn't help that there were only two turn styles open.

These are the kinds of moments that the flesh can easily rise up. I started to make fun of the old guy who seem to take two minutes to scan each ticket. People in the line were getting upset and began swearing.

Todays verse is simple and pure common sense, yet at every corner there is potential failure to adhere to it. That is why we clearly need Him so much in our lives!

This verse also makes me think of that tv commercial of the sports fan who is hackling the umpires at a game. The he is shown at the gym trying to make a free throw and the basketball completely missed the rim as two janitors in the back laugh at him.

Jesus also focused in on this in Matthew 7:3 when he said "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?"

This all points us to God's love. Only God's love can help us fulfill today's verse. God's love saves us from our ways. God's love can give us the patience we need at long lines. God's love can give us peace that surpasses all understanding.

Lord, pour you love into us!