John 13:35
35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Think about those classic spy movie scenes where the spy and his contact go back and forth through elaborate and silly phrases. At the end of the sequence, the spy’s identity is confirmed and he’s let into the back room. Passwords and secret handshakes, prearranged symbols to authenticate, to prove the genuine article.
What’s our password in Jesus? What’s the thing we all really know, that gives the unmistakable scent, look, bearing, of someone who has known Jesus? The Lord told us: Love. To know God’s love is to be changed so thoroughly that love pours out of you. Is what characterizes you? Is that what you show to everyone you meet because you’ve been changed by Jesus?
Prayer prompt: Lord, teach me to run to those in need rather than away, knowing your love and showing it.