God's Love Is Different
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us
and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
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1 John 4:10
Behind every dealing God has with us is His perfect love. It was love that made Him create us, and it was love that caused Him to send His Son to redeem us. His love pursues us and draws us to Himself, and His love will someday take His children into His presence forever.
As with other aspects of His nature, we have a difficult time fully understanding God’s love. For one thing, the word “love” has come to mean almost anything today. We say we “love” ice cream or the colour of a car, or we say we “love” entertainers or celebrities (although we’ve never met them, and never will). But God’s love is far deeper than this. His love is not a passing fancy or superficial emotion; it is a profound and unshakable commitment that seeks what is best for us. Human love may change or fade; God’s love never will. He says to us, “I have loved you with an everlasting love … with lovingkindness I have drawn you” (Jeremiah 31:3).
We must not sentimentalise God’s love; it is not a warm, fuzzy feeling that ignores sin or shuns judgment. God’s holiness demands that sin be punished—but God’s love has provided the way of redemption through Christ. If it were not for God’s love, we would have no hope, in either this life or the life to come. But there is hope, because He loves us!
Bible Reading
1 John 4:7-10.
Prayer
Merciful and loving God, thank You, that Your love is like no other. Your love is true love, and has no limits. I praise You for it, in Jesus name. Amen.
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