Strife is a lack of love and 1 Corinthians 13 shows what will
happen without this love.
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and
have not love, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.”
Your speaking in tongues will be of no use without love.
You’ll just be a noisemaker!
“And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all
mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I
could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.”
Prophecy will do no good if you don’t operate in love. You can’t
gripe, complain and bad-mouth people, then stand up and say,
“Thus saith the Lord….” Unless you operate in love, your
understanding of God’s wisdom and the mysteries of redemption
will be of no value. Though you have faith to move mountains,
it won’t work without love. Now you can see why strife is
Satan’s number one tool. No matter how strongly you operate
in spiritual things, if he can get you into strife and hamper the
love of God in your life, then he’s got you! He knows where to
strike first!
“And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though
I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me
nothing.” Without love, your giving will be of no profit at all,
even if you gave your own body.
“Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly,
seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all
things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Love never faileth.” LOVE NEVER FAILS! When you operate in
love, all these things—giving, faith, spiritual gifts—will work
for you. Praise the Lord!
Although you may not agree with someone over certain issues,
find out on what you can agree with them. Love them and pray for
them; don’t criticize and backbite. You don’t have to associate with
someone to pray for them. You can avoid them, get the strife
out of your life, and still remain in a position to pray for them.
Kenneth Copeland Ministries
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