Unity

 

G-d's Love

 

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.  I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,  so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,  may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,  and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.    -Ephesians 3:14-19 (NIV)

 

 

I know I just did a page about G-d's love for us but there is so much to add, or say about it that I cannot just leave there and call it done.  I am sure that even after writing this a whole lot more will come to me, even concerning this topic, but I try to keep these shorter so they are easy to be read like devotionals.

 

The Bible says that G-d loves us, and the cross proves it. Something pretty sad, though, this is a truth for many believers, but that is where it stops, instead of a truth they really experience. The problem is not with the Lord, but with the believer's ability to feel G-d's love for us.

 

One thing may be the tendency to measure G-d's love by life's circumstances. When the Lord allows tragedies and pain, some consider Him uncaring. The age-old question then becomes very personal, "How could a loving G-d allow me or those I care about to suffer?" We'll never fully understand His ways, but we can know that His compassion and concern are bigger than the suffering of the whole world, and if you just wait, He will make all things right.

 

A sense of personal unworthiness and failure can also keep you away from the acceptance of God's love. Focusing on past sins and moral failures or comparing yourself with others will lead to guilt and hopelessness. Satan always promoting these self-condemning thoughts and feelings. The Lord never says, "Straighten up, and then I'll care about you." Remember that G-d's for all His people, Jew, Greek, and Gentile, is based on His character, never what we do.  We have been set free of the law.

 

G-d is love.  In other words, you are loved whether you feel it or believe it.  But that is a wall, G-d wants every Jew, Greek, and Gentile to feel his love. When we deny His interest and concern for us, we doubt the truth of scripture.

 

The Lord wants each of us to experience His great love in a personal, intimate way. Don't let the Enemy's lies or life's hardships steal the enjoyment and security of this great blessing. When doubts come to us, rely on the truth of G-d's Word. He loves you. Believe it, and eventually you will feel it!