“Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.” (Ephesians 5:2, The Message)
The Message paraphrases Eph. 5.2 wonderfully. Paul's command is that our approach to life ought to be shaped by Christ's approach to life—Observe how Christ loved us. Christ's love wasn't about "getting," it was about giving. This is extravagant love.
I wonder what extravagant love would look like in my life? I think my wife would notice a difference in me, probably my children too. I don't imagine strangers would notice a difference, since they don't know me, but maybe they would notice something different about me compared to other people.
Extravagant love—not getting, but giving.
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