When the Divine Feelings set out to compose “Love Never Falls Short”, he wasn’t chasing after a love song. He turned to 1 Corinthians 13 because of the extreme obstacle that Paul gave the Corinthians (and to us as well). The essence is that this love is agape love, which is a generous, sacrificial, and active love. This love isn’t a feeling. It’s a way of living! It is superior to all spiritual presents and is eternal, whereas spiritual gifts are short-lived and will certainly pass away.
The tune encourages us to see this agape love as an effective, active way of living that offers others and mirrors God’s nature. Agape directs our focus beyond the flashy spiritual gifts to the building of the body of Christ and Christ-like living.
So what sort of love are you showing today? Is it agape, the type of love that can’t be counterfeited by Satan or duplicated by pagans? The agape love in this track is the distinguishing mark or characteristic of the Christian. “By this all people will understand that you are my disciples, if you have love for each other.”
May this song encourage you to show and recognize agape love to make sure that you can live it. Bear in mind that the most powerful spiritual present is love at work.