LOVE NEVER FAILS

Love^G26 never fails^G1601. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.

1 Corinthians 13:8

G1601 ἐκπίπτω ekpíptō – Metaphorically to fall away, i.e., to fail, be without effect, to be in vain, love (1 Cor.13:8) ⁽³²⁾

G1601 ἐκπίπτω ekpíptō – to drop away; specially, be driven out of one’s course; figuratively, to lose, become inefficient: —be cast, fail, fall (away, off), take none effect. ⁽³³⁾

Zodhiates, Spiros, The Complete Word Study Dictionary, New Testament.

Prophecies, tongues, knowledge all will come to an end or no longer be needed. However, love never drops away, it has no end, it never fails. We really liked the picture that love cannot be driven off course. Love stays the course steadily. I (Susie) remember my parents talking about a conference they attended. The leader asked each person to describe their spouse in one word. My dad said my mom was “constant.” What he meant by that is that her love was dependable, never changing, and consistent no matter what was going on in their lives or between them. Her love never failed, and they had been married fifty-four years when Jesus called Daddy home. Love will pursue the best for someone. Put your name in there one more time. But this time, do it like this, “Susie’s love never fails.” I will fail, but I pray that my love for the Lord, His people, and those who need to be shown love to draw them to Him never fails.

How consistent is your love? Would people in your life describe you as someone they can constantly depend on to demonstrate love to them? Our love for others should not seem “on again, off again.” It should be a golden thread of God’s love woven throughout the tapestry of our lives.

Father, may our love never “wax cold” (Matt. 24:12). May we be people who persist in love and demonstrate Your love to everyone we encounter.