The Table That Speaks
Read: 1 Corinthians 14:1
Key Phrase: “Pursue love.”
Paul uses a strong, almost athletic verb—διώκω—“to chase hard.”
Not drift. Not dabble. Not delay.
Chase.
In a church full of competing voices, personalities, and passions, Paul puts one pursuit above the rest: love that builds up.
Love is how we should speak.
Love is how we should serve.
Love is how we should preach and teach with clarity.
Love is how we refuse to divide when the world demands we take sides.
Love is the only gift every believer is commanded to chase with intensity.
Why?
Because love unites what your preferences divide.
Because love honors every gift from the Holy Spirit.
Because love makes the gospel intelligible for all.
Because love turns the church into the most compelling witness on earth.
Reflect:
Where do YOU need to chase love this week in your home, your church, your conversations, or your assumptions about others?