Love Never Fails
If someone told you that love never fails, maybe you’d laugh or even cry because you’ve experienced the failure of love. You’ve felt the sting of death with a loved one. Or maybe you’ve felt betrayed by someone you loved.
We know that human love does fail. Just as human beings do. So my love can fail. Yours too. What did Paul mean when he wrote the passage below?
‘it will pass away’
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 1
Corinthians 13:8 NIV
God’s love never fails
The love that never fails comes from God, not you or me. Our human love ends when we die. When we die, our tongues are stilled. Our knowledge passes away. Even our love for family and friends on earth ceases.
Our love for God does not end because our spirit returns to God when we die. How can we tell whether the love we have will live or die? Paul shows us that true love manifests in amazing, almost unattainable forms.