What Is The Mortar That Holds All Things Together In Our Lives?

When you build something with bricks it is strong.  Even the big bad wolf couldn't huff and puff and knock that house down.   But what if you try to build a brick house and leave out the mortar?    That house would crumble very easy.    We are a house being built, a body so to speak.   Living cells each one ajoined to another called the Body of Christ.    Ephesians the 4 chapter tells us what God uses for mortar to join us one to another so that the body of Christ is complete and strong.    Because of lack of this mortar the Body of Christ is weak today, and without this mortar we labor in VAIN.

Ephesians 4: 15-16   Rather, yspeaking the truth in love, we are to zgrow up in every way into him who is athe head, into Christ, 16 bfrom whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, cwhen each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

Love is how God builds up the body.  Love is the mortar that holds our churches together, our lives together our societies together.  Love is the mortar.   When there is a lack of love lives fall apart, churches fall apart, socities fall apart.  God IS LOVE!   And He who does not love is NOT from God, neither has he known God!  

When there is a lack of love there is always a bucket load of selfishness and rebellion.   We learn in preschool to share, to care, to help, to give, to play fair but how often do we lack these things in life.  How often do we lack these things in our homes, our churches, our societies.   God teaches us to love one another, but religion and man-made philosophies put ME at the center instead of God.  

The Bible says that in the last days that mankinds love would grown cold, and that their hearts would fail for fear.  You see even here, love is the key, because perfect love cast our fear!

Whatever you are lacking today, missing, or confused about love is the answer.  When we walk in love we walk in the Spirit of Christ, for love does NO HARM to it's neighbor!

Today ask God to renew your first love.   Ask Him to renew your first love for Him and bring your focus back on the love of the Father.  Receive the Fathers grace and mercy and than extend that same grace and mercy to your fellow man.   For he who loves much has also been forgiven of much.