Yesterday, a sister of mine approached me and asked me a question. Her question was, “What does fire mean to you?” In that very instant, I can only think of one answer (in fact, I silently told myself my answer) — love. All I can think of is love. Love is fire. My fire is love. Then, it hit me, I feel like the Lord is asking me, “What does love mean to me?” More specifically, what does love mean to me personally?
Three days ago, I wrote a message for someone. Funny enough it was about love. Little did I know, that message was actually for me. Three days after, I realised what the Lord was trying to tell me. I can’t fully remember what exactly I wrote, but it goes something like this:
“Love is sacrifice. Love is self-giving. Love is compassion…. There are many meanings, but remember that I am God. I am the Lord. I am love. I am your mission…. I called you to finish your mission. Your mission is Me. Your mission is love. You are called to love.”
And there goes my answer, Love is my mission — to love in my own little way.
To love Him the way I know how to love Him. To love Him in a very personal way. To love Him first, more than anything else. To love Him without hesitations. To love him without any ifs and buts. To love Him by loving others more than myself. To love Him by being that fire to light the world.
Fire can consume anything and anyone in just a matter of seconds, and so does love. God wants us to love that way, love like a fire. From the very beginning, the Lord just wanted to love the whole world — to let us feel His burning love for each and everyone of us.
I believe that every single person in this world has that fire, and the Lord gave us the free will to ignite that fire. But just like fire, when we immerse ourselves into it, it could be just very painful. Our mission could be very difficult. We can lose hope, we can lose faith, but it is through these difficulties that we are molded to be like Him. Like a brother of mine once said, through our doubts, we find faith. In faith, we find hope, and in hope, we find love. And once we found it, it’s not meant to be kept, but to be shared. That’s just how love is; that’s just how mission is.
At the end of the day, it is up to us if we want to be that “fire” that would consume the world. Do we want to be that fire that would spread the warmth of God’s love to the world? Can we be that fire? Are we ready to be that fire? Are we ready to fully accept our mission?
Lord, please help me to be that fire. Please give me the courage to accept my mission without any hesitations. Allow me to fully devout myself to You. Please use me to spread Your love to the world. Amen.