14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
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1 John 4:16
16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
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My Comments:
It's been a while since I last posted about being led by God (or anything for that matter!).
One way in which we can determine whether we are being led by the Holy Spirit in the decisions we make would be to decide whether Love is guiding us in it or not. What do I mean by that?
Read 2 John 6 in the Amplified:
2 John 6
6 And what this love consists in is this: that we live and walk in accordance with and guided by His commandments (His orders, ordinances, precepts, teaching). This is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you continue to walk in love [guided by it and following it].
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We can see that we can be guided by God as we go through the processes of our daily lives. We also know that God is Love as we saw in the verse above (1 John 4:16). Read also Romans 13:10
Rom 13:10
10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
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God's love is such that it (or He, because love is a Person!) won't put itself ahead of the needs of the other, or behave in such a way that hurts them. The word harm is the word kakos which is defined to be 'of a bad nature'; but can also refer to 'a mode of thinking, feeling, or acting wrongly'
When you're trying to make a decision, and you need guidance, check whether that decision will bring any hurt to the people around you. That's one way of being led by God, or being led by Love. It'll work in any situation, be it between child and parents, or even husbands and wifes!
John Osteen called it the Divine Flow, in which God's Love just streams out of us towards another man, woman or child. His encouragement concerning this is simply this:
"God is love! Where love flows, where love is streaming, God is going. Follow and be guided by love."
- John Osteen (1921-1999)
