C.S. Lewis says,” Divine love is gift love.  The Father gives all He is and has to the Son.  The Son gives Himself back to the Father, and gives Himself to the world.”  This truth explains the attraction of the original Christian community.  The Holy Spirit overflowed from their joyful hearts.  Gratitude and generosity spilled out into a love thirsty world.

Life in the Kingdom of God is all about love.  Not me centered, need centered love, but giving love that flows outward from a genuinely changed heart.  The result is sparkling, enjoyable community, and many safe selves living together in harmony and unity without destroying legitimate diversity.

One of the most impressive and convincing marks of true Christianity is generosity.  Sharing is an inevitable by-product of Christ’s’ Kingdom being set up in our hearts.  It captivates.  Self-giving love is a gorgeous sample of what the Kingdom of Jesus is about.  The early church didn’t preach this virtue.  They displayed it.

The truth is simple and self-evident.  Self-centered, non-following Christians are unsafe and unappealing.  Christ following Christians are safe, fun to live with and inviting to others. We were designed to reflect God’s very own generosity.  The Trinity is a perpetual cycle of self-giving love.  Each of the personalities of the Godhead escapes the self-centeredness that destroys fallen angles and humankind by focusing outward on each other.  True community has its anchor in the Trinitarian structure of the Creator.  He is enchanting and captivating.  His love is striking and delightful even when imperfectly displayed in us.