7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (1 John 4:7-10 ESV)
When we come to faith in God and salvation through Christ there should be a change in our nature. A change that speaks of love first so that that new nature is manifest in our lives.
If we put all our thoughts and actions through the filter of love, we are putting them through the filter of God. It is very hard to sin and do wrong when we approach life in this way.
Consider what this world could be if everyone used this filter first. If we put all of our thoughts and actions to the test of love what would that look like? Really consider this. It would be a profound change in how we acted and reacted to absolutely everything.
What a wonderful world that would be.
