Sincere

DEVOTION
ROMANS
SINCERE
Rom 12:9-10
9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
NIV
Here is a concept which is worth my considering for a moment; actually it is worth my asking my own self if I am guilty of forgetting or neglecting to be like this. Is my love for others a sincere love? Do I in fact love others? And what does that love, that sincere love look like? Is it the giving of my “self” to others? Is it time? Is it effort? Is it simply being available to listen and advice when asked? Whatever it is, however it is expressed it cannot be phony, it must be sincere. Am I phony? Do I love others for the wrong reasons? Is there any self serving purpose in my heart? Is my loving them serving to increase my opinion of myself? Does it make me feel good about the fact I love them? Those kinds of thoughts could only be put to the next words, hate what is evil. If I am going to love someone, I must be sincere in that love, doing it for the right reasons; because Jesus loves them and if I have the mind of Christ then I love them as He does. This can only be with their interest as the single most important motivating factor behind my love.