April 2, 2017: The Law of Love – Scott Oppliger

Our universe, many say, is governed by laws. From scientific laws like gravity or the speed of light or philosophical laws like karma or attraction … we are reared to believe in certain realities that are immutable. We grow up living according to these laws and understand there is a cause and effect to all we do in relation to them. Not to be overcome however, humans learn not only to understand these laws but also how to use them for our benefit. We become masters of our fate, control outcomes and give direction to our lives.

 

But this way of living and seeing the world falls short, for we often import this way of thinking and living into our faith in God. We miss the massive difference between laws and love, which is this: laws cannot love you, nor can you love laws. The same cannot be said of God who is love. God loves us and we can love God, and are invited to do so. The struggle for us in this is that we have no control whatsoever – and that is the Law of Love.