Love does it!

"Love doesn't just think about it. Love doesn't just plan it. Love does it." Those words are the basic idea of Bob Goff's book Love Does.

Bob's passion was overflowing when I got to hear him speak at the National Conference on Youth Ministries last week. It was like a roller coaster of amazing stories, each advancing this idea of extravagant love and how it moves us to do big things.

That night I downloaded his book and was about 8 chapters in before I even realized it. One of the reviews on the Love Does website from three kids really sums it up... "I think it’s really cool how Bob takes things from real life and compares it to what God and Jesus do.” Isn't that what we want our lives to look like: what God and Jesus do?

We are invited to live a life that looks like that every day. In Love Does, Bob puts it this way:

There is only one invitation it would kill me to refuse, yet I'm tempted to turn it down all the time. I get the invitation every morning when I wake up to actually live a life of complete engagement, a life of whimsy, a life where love does.

 Have you accepted that invitation today? To let God take control and allow each step to be focused on what God and Jesus do.

Jesus himself said people will recognize Christians by their love. Let's conclude with these words from 1 Corinthians 13:

⁴ Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant ⁵ or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ⁶ it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
⁸ Love never ends...

What are you doing that requires faith?

It is a few days into the new year, but I challenge you to consider this question: What are you doing right now that requires faith? and what will you do in 2014 that will require faith?

It was a questioned posed by Francis Chan in his book, Crazy Love. It really made me think about what I am doing in my life to glorify God and point to him. As we reset for 2014, it is a great time to consider this thought.