THE NARROW PASS: A CALL TO LOVE Tonight (February 13, 2025) marks the 11th anniversary since Bob Jones’ remarkable last night before passing into glory on Valentine’s Day. I continue to be inspired by his legacy for the Body of Christ. His example of high-level prophetic ministry truly raised the “water level” for all of us. Even though it's been eleven years since his passing, there are still so many prophetic words he shared that continue to inspire strategic intercessors or spark spiritual hunger in those who hear his stories. However, despite a legacy of high prophetic accuracy, biblical integrity, and remarkable confirming signs like earthquakes, tidal waves, and sports predictions, Bob’s greatest legacy is LOVE. In his first death experience, Bob met the Lord as he asked everyone the same question, “DID YOU LEARN TO LOVE?” For those who truly knew Bob, this love is what defined his character and it was the love of God he carried that had an even deeper and more lasting impact than the accuracy or power that tended to follow him. The fact that the Lord took him home on Valentine’s Day was itself a prophetic message—that LEARNING TO LOVE was the most important message and the most important legacy he carried. The Body of Christ has been rocked by storms and shipwrecks in the last decade. We’ve seen the best of people—but we’ve also the worst. But on this anniversary day, let’s honor Bob’s memory by taking a step back to hear the Lord ask us again, “…BUT DID YOU LEARN TO LOVE?” 1 John 4:7-12 tells us: 7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. You might read this and say, “but how do I really know if I’m walking in love?” Paul tells us what love looks like in practice in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8: 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.8 Love never fails. TESTING OUR HEARTS Now here is a basic test: If your heart was moved as your read this to contemplate love and grow in it more, then you are already abiding in the Lord and you will only go deeper in union with Him. But if something in you rose up to protest what love calls us to do, if something in you shouts “I can’t do that,” than you might need to take a moment to search your heart...and then take some time to bless your enemies, pray for those who persecute you, forgive those who have sinned against your or wounded you, that love might triumph in their heart too. For the work of love never begins with others—but in our own hearts as we search out and strike down anything that stands in opposition to it. True love is not passive—it is fiery and passionate and it fights against anything that tries to obstruct its pure flow. Great obstacles, like iron mountains, seem to block the path of the Body ofr Christ from moving forward. But love is the high pass, the narrow way through. And there is no other way to the high calling than to love deeply and from the heart as the Lord has loved us.

Posted by mfickess at 2025-02-14 03:10:38 UTC