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We must seek to understand FIRST who You are, not who we are in You. There is an order; You are a God of order.

If we seek FIRST to figure out who we are in You, we will end up exalting ourselves by focusing on OUR performance, and never walking in fullness.

If we come to You FIRST, acknowledging that we must understand YOUR identity before we ever understand ours, then that starts us off in a great place - Humility and a spirit free from the soulish attachment of labels of what we think we are.

If we come seeking You FIRST, we are nothing and so You are Everything - this is Good.

If all of who You are is supposed to be in us, then it behooves us to FIRST set our gaze on who You are. If You are Love, and we're supposed to love, then in order to know HOW to love, we must FIRST know You who IS Love.

Yes, we must know who we are in Christ, but if we don't know who Christ is and He as the One who reveals the Father's Love and nature, then our confidence and stability of trusting who we are in You is weak and prone to much doubting at best.

1 John 4:11 - Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

The condition of our love towards one another (how accurately we manifest and represent it), is determined by our understanding and acceptance of God's love for us.

You can only give what you have.

God gives love because He IS Love. We give love because we receive Him, He dwells inside and He lives His love (Himself) through us.

We must constantly set our hearts FIRST on seeking MORE revelation of His love, thanking Him for it, meditating on it, etc. because THIS will give us the confidence to honestly say, "I love you too."

And THIS focus on His great love will keep us from becoming discouraged because of the weakness of our love.

In every area we feel weak, the solution is God's love.

Holy Spirit, I thank you for revealing the mystery of God's love to us who believe, to us who are hungering for Truth. I pray for everyone who reads these words today and for all who claim to be Yours that You would use it to stir their hearts to hunger and thirst for MORE of Your love. I declare their spirit's OPEN and RECEIVING of Your heart today. Thank You for being Love - I thank You that You never fail and You never give up on us. This is YOUR heart, and YOUR desire for us - that we would KNOW You, Love. We receive You today!