Rooted And Grounded In Love

By Pastor ChyChy Ayodele

"That Christ may dwell in your heart by faith that ye being rooted and grounded in love...

And to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God."

Rooted and grounded in love! Can you imagine the quality of such a life... "that you might be filled with all the fullness of God!"

This life of love is one few pursue. But we are part of that few who will pursue and come to the depth, breadth, height and width of it; we will plumb these depths.

To construct such a lifestyle, we must study, understand, apply, engrave and imbibe the word of God deliberately.

There's nothing more beautiful than this life of love. It is a wonder to behold, awesome in glory. It is the very wonder and mystique about the man Jesus who could not be offended. Psalm 119:65 states: “Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, according unto thy word.

Great peace have them that love the law, nothing shall offend them. It is a life of total harmony with God and all His creation. Anyone living such a life cannot be harmed, he is above hurt.

Love is a shield, a miraculous realm of defense around a believer. He lives above the pettiness of human strife, conflict and contentions and far beyond the low-life of quarrelling, fighting, insulting, strike back, cursing, hating, etc.

Be filled and overflowing with love. Let nothing and no one get you down. Think good thoughts towards all men and you shall have harmony and balance. Love is the fruit of ZOE. Love is the outflow of eternal life. Love is the inevitable consequence of the new creation spirit.

God lives here, He touches men from here. God moves completely outward from any life filled with love. No selfishness, no self centeredness, let everything you do, think or say be to better another person, to advance and bless others.

Seeing Christ Regardless Of The Human Veil

We're all imperfect. As long as we keep looking at and thus seeing each other's imperfections, it will constitute a stumbling block for us all. Our imperfections are stumbling blocks, obstacles to seeing Christ and as long as we focus on them we'd never see Christ in ourselves; thus never be changed into His image through our fellowship with one another.

We must learn to look beyond our imperfections. Your imperfections pose as much irritation to your brother/sister in Christ as theirs pose to you, maybe worse. And our reactions to each others' imperfections vary.

Tolerance, patience, endurance and forbearance of each other is the stitch the Lord uses to keep us together. Maturity is characterised above other things by tolerance, forbearance, patience, all these are marks of humility. Judge others with mercy as you would judge yourself. Intolerance is immaturity.

And this is His commandment; that we should believe in the name of His son Jesus Christ and love one another. And he that keeps His commandments dwells in God and God dwells in him. And this is how we know that He abides in us by the spirit which He has given us.

A Kingdom Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand

This is what Satan, the adversary, the devil wants. Every division, strife, quarrels, conflict among believers is inspired by the devil. This is satanic strategy!
We can remain united and the key is forbearance, tolerance, endurance.

We must endeavour at all cost to live in peace no matter what. We must refuse to be divided, separated, strifed. If it is possible, as much as it lies in you, live peaceably with all men. And remember all things are possible to them that believe Mark 9:23.

Pastor ChyChy Ayodele is the President and Senior Pastor of Supernatural Life Ministries Global in Abuja, Nigeria. She is also a Lawyer, a Gospel Singer, an accomplished Writer and a Motivational Speaker.