Love, Knowledge, & Understanding

Philippians 1:9-10 - “I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding. For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return.”

Paul gives us pretty clear instructions on what we can do to bring “much” glory to God (vs.11) when we do these things. But are these things really as simple as they seem? I’m going to take a different approach to drive a point home because this always seems to work for me when I want to challenge myself to spiritual growth. Now, take the meaning of the words that Paul uses in love, overflow, knowledge, and understanding. The only action word is overflow!

Are you overflowing? Are you overflowing with knowledge and understanding on the subject of love? Ephesians 5:1-2 tells us to live a life filled with love and to imitate God in all that we do. Is this something that your overflowing with, and if not, what do you need to change about yourself to make room for God?

~Nick~

Definitions:

Love: (noun) – An intense feeling of deep affection

Overflow (verb) – To be filled beyond capacity

Knowledge: (noun) – The theoretical or practical understanding of a subject

Understanding: (noun) – The ability to understand something