On Sunday we looked at the picture Galatians 5:25-6:10 paints of what that love looks like.
5:26 ("Let us not become conceited...") might seem like a rather negative note for Paul to launch in with, but he knows that pride is the enemy of love. The person who thinks that they are accepted by God because they are good will always tend towards the sort of pride that will stop them from serving those who are struggling.
The person who knows that they are accepted by God because of Christ, will be marked by a humility that will turn their hearts away from themselves and towards others.
Here's Thomas Brooks (17th century pastor) in his extraordinarily insightful book "Precious Remedies against Satan's devices" on gospel-fuelled humility...
"Ah! Did Christians more abound in humility they would be less bitter froward and sour and they would be more gentle, meek and sweet in their spirits and practices. Humility will make a man have high thoughts of others and low thoughts of man's self: it will make a man see much glory and excellency in others and much baseness and sinfulness in man's self; it will make a man see others rich and himself poor, others strong and himself weak, others wise and himself foolish. Humility will make a man excellent at covering others infirmities and at recording their gracious services and at delighting in their graces; it makes a man joy in every light that outshines his own and every wind that blows others good."
