The greatest of these...

And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13.13

There are so many wonderful things about being a Christian. We could easily fills the page just listing all of the benefits there are of being saved. But here there are only three listed so we will focus on these. 

And now abides faith, hope, and love. 

Faith is a truly amazing thing. It is faith that saves and sustains us. It is faith that keeps us on track. It is the faith that is worth contending for.  It is by grace that we are saved, through faith. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen. we are to live by faith, not by sight. 

Then there is hope. It is the blessed hope of the glorious appearing of Jesus that motivtes us to holy living. Our eternal hope keeps us going in the darkest hour and at our most discouraging times. 

And then there is love, the greatest of these. That places a pretty high premium on love. It tells us just how great love is. It is great because we love Christ only because he first loved us. 

If love is greater than either faith or hope, which is what God says it is, isn't it worth our time and effort? Since God says it is the greatest of these oughtn't we give love its due?