God’s Love is a subject that we will never be able to fully comprehend with our natural minds. Someone once said that they believe the angels circling God’s throne and are crying “Holy, holy, holy!” are actually seeing a different facet of God’s love and character each time they circle around. Think about it, they have been doing this for all eternity! I like this picture of God’s holiness.
I never get tired of reading, researching, and hearing about the Love of God! It’s the biggest Blessing to us that has ever taken place and will ever take place.
Notice that I said the love of God is to all of us? God loves everyone the same. He doesn’t love me anymore than He does you. He doesn’t love the sweet elderly couple next door any more than He loves the worst sinner on earth! That may shock you, but it’s scriptural truth.
“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:16-17 NLT
God sent Jesus into this world so that EVERYONE can have eternal life. Eternal life with God is available to everyone. The sad situation is that many people don’t receive that eternal life that He provided for us. They don’t accept the Love of God that is His gift to all of us. We need to accept the gift someone gives us to benefit from it.
Jesus Himself is The Gift!
I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me. John 17:23 NLT
There it is! Jesus said that God loves us as much as He loves Jesus! What a concept. After 30 years of studying the Word of God, I still need to remind myself of this. I still need to meditate on the Love God has for me, as well as the love He has for others.
We agree with the prayer of Paul over you.
This is a great prayer to pray for yourself as you grow in The Lord.
When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, 15 the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. 16 I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. 17 Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. 18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. 19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. 20 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. 21 Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:14-21 NLT
Once we have accepted the Love of God by asking Jesus to be Lord of our lives, we can then share this love with others. Let’s remember to share love instead of hate, condemnation and rejection. We will never be perfect, but we just keep practising the Love of God. Also, God’s love is not dependent on our performance or what we have done/not done. He loves us the same no matter what! Our actions do affect our relationship with God, but that is another teaching...