Love can be a beautiful thing. I remember almost sixteen years ago when I realized that I was in love with my husband, who was my best friend at the time. I didn’t want to admit I was falling in love with him because I was a self-reliant, independent woman who didn’t need a man—or so I thought.
However, when God stepped in, He changed my thinking. He showed me that I didn’t have to be afraid to love. Even though I had been hurt before, God opened my heart to be loved and to receive love. We’re about to celebrate our fifteen-year anniversary. God has blessed us with four amazing, albeit challenging, kids, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
When we think of love, it’s full of hearts, love songs, and Song of Solomon Bible verses. However, certain kinds of love can be dangerous.
When you give your whole heart and everything to Jesus, His love can be dangerous. Not in a bad way, but in a way that requires you to sacrifice everything you know and give up your carnal wants and desires so you can experience the love of God.
Sometimes, God’s love can be dangerous if we don’t receive it or appreciate it. John 3:16 says, “God so loved the world.” God loves us, but just because He does doesn’t mean He won’t discipline us when we step outside His will. If we go in a different direction than He wants, His dangerous love will correct us and keep us on the right path.
When you love your child, you correct them. When they do something wrong, you don’t simply let them continue in their bad ways; you correct them with your love. Christ loves us enough that when we go the wrong way—after He told us to go left and we go right—His love corrects and disciplines us.
That’s dangerous love: beautiful, full of kindness, acceptance, and joy. We need to receive it, along with the discipline that comes with it, without viewing it negatively. The world’s perception of dangerous love is very different from Christ’s. Christ’s dangerous love for us keeps us close to His heart and safe from the enemy’s attacks.
Christ’s dangerous love for us keeps us close to His heart and safe from the enemy’s attacks.
Romans 5:8 says, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Christ demonstrated His love for us, and that is something beautiful.
Love is beautiful. Love is amazing. Jesus’ love heals us; comforts us, protects us, guides us, leads us, and helps us when we need Him most. The dangerous love of Christ is beautiful, sealed with awe and wonder, so let’s be careful not to take His love for granted.
God wants us to love and serve Him. Even though following Christ isn’t popular today, we want to love Christ dangerously, as He loves us.
