Dallas Willard Daily Devotional, April 05, 2020

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More Than One Meaning of Love Love means will-to-good, willing the benefit of what or who is loved. We may say we love chocolate cake, but we don't. Rather, we want to eat it. That is desire, not love. In our culture we have a great problem distinguishing between love and desire, but it is essential that we do so. New Testament Greek has several words for "love." Two are eros (from which we get "erotic") and agape. Agape love, perhaps the greatest contribution of Christ to human civilization, wills the good of whatever it is directed upon. It does not wish to consume it. The teaching about love that still permeates Western civilization in its better moments understands that. The highest call on moral beings is to love. From Knowing Christ Today: Why We Can Trust Spiritual Knowledge. Copyright © 2009 by Dallas Willard. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers. Forward this email to your friends, or invite them to subscribe to receive the Dallas Willard Daily Devotional.

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