Love and Life

1 John 2:15-17

All of us have a fundamental allegiance, a trajectory of our hearts and affections.  A critical question is where will our love take us in eternity?  Will we love the world (Gr. cosmos), i.e. the creation apart from the Creator, or will we be devoted to the Creator himself?  While living in the tension of being in the world but not of it, we understand that our desires have been twisted by the Fall.  As we grow in sanctification, may the focus of our hearts be not so much on what we are running from, but more on to whom we are running as we pursue the expulsive power of a new affection.