The Love Of A Family

Psalm 133:1, “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”


John 15:12, “This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.”

I was speaking with a friend not many days ago, and we were speaking of this end time we are living in. I felt led to tell her about the necessity for us to love one another. I believe that in these last hours of the history of the Church as it is now known, it is critical for us to come to unity with one another. Hard times are coming. We need to realize that love isn’t simply a feeling, as the modern world has painted it to be, but love is an action and we are commanded to love. If you don’t love somebody, then love em for God’s sake. If there is flesh between you and your brother, move it with love. Beloved, I truly believe that there will be a time not long from now when we may look back, and only have memories of how we could worship in a congregation together. Here me now, the time may come when we have nothing but a memory and a deep desire to be together in corporate worship. When this time is set in, you will not have a mind free of anguish if you have not loved correctly. Now is the time to love, not later. We are a family. We are brothers and sisters in Christ; we must become close and love one another while we have time.

I know what a family is. I know what it means to be so close to my brother that I can eat off his plate, and many times I have. I know what it means to sleep right beside his bed. I know how it feels to have my toes stepped on, my space taken. We are together 24/7, 365 days a year, and most of it in a 35ft motor home, that is approximately 12ft wide when the slide is out. I know what it means to look up at any given moment and see Him in front of me. I know what it means to get on his nerves, and I know what it means when he gets on mine. We have been together living in a motor home for almost 7 years now; I know the closeness of a family. But I also know how it feels when I have to do something alone. A fear often comes over me that is hard to overcome. As annoyed as we may get with each other sometimes, we have learned that we don’t like to go anywhere alone. Why? Because we are a family. If a problem was to arise, we can rest easier knowing that somebody has our back. I am talking about the love of a family. Well, dear friend, this is how it must be for this family of God. We must learn to love one another. As the psalmist said, “how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.” Unity is only formed by the action of love. We must come to grips with that, beloved. I can’t reinforce this enough, the time is soon coming when we will depend on God alone for our ever step and breath, but we will severely miss dwelling together with the brethren in a vocal corporate worship. We will miss going over to an old saint of God and hugging them and saying “I love you.” I believe at that time we may even miss our enemies, wishing for another chance to love them, and make things right with them before God. We may be separated from everyone, and be forced to love God by ourselves, but whatever the price, Heaven is just around the corner. I said, Heaven is the next stop. Amen. So let’s unify, not untie. Let us bring love back to an action word, and not just a mere thought of feelings. Let us love each other now, while there is still time. Let us come together, and have the closeness and true love of a family.