When It's Love

In the words of Van Halen (or Van Hagar if you prefer...):

Everybody's lookin' for somethin',
Somethin' to fill in the holes.
We think a lot but don't talk much about it
'Til things get out of control.

How do I know when it's love?
I can't tell you but it lasts forever.
How does it feel when it's love?
It's just somethin' you feel together,
When it's love!

The word 'love' appears in the NIV version of the Bible 697 times...so you know it's a critical subject! By contrast, the word 'hate' appears only 74 times. Clearly, our focus is supposed to be on love. We spend our early adulthood consumed by the search for the one God has provided for us. We want to have someone to love and someone who loves us just as much. The question in the song asks how we know when it really is love. The singer admits that he doesn't have any other answer than to say that it lasts forever.

How true!

To find our earthly love, I believe we need to be tuned in to God's love first. How can we possibly know who our person is if we haven't asked God to show them to us? Deuteronomy 6:5 says, Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 7:13 goes on to say, He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land that he swore to your forefathers to give you.

Clearly, we need to first love God with every fiber of our being. Love God first and then watch as God reveals your person to you, and the Bible says that God will bless you. How do you know when it's love? You know when God is front and center in your life because God's love lasts forever, and anything God blesses you with is the right thing because He has blessed you with it. It fills in the holes, it lasts forever, and we are meant to feel it together.