Day
5
God’s Love for Us
Jesus loves
me this I know
For the
Bible tells me so
Little ones
to Him belong
They are
week but He is strong
Yes, Jesus
loves me
Yes, Jesus
loves me
Yes Jesus
loves me the Bible tells me so
We sometimes overlook the truth
of this simple children’s song. Jesus
loves us.
A child,
when they sense a danger, will run to their mother or dad for protection. They feel safe in their arms. We too need to understand that God loves us
unconditionally. We can trust Him in good times and times of trouble. Romans 5:10
explains, God
demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ
died for us.
It is difficult for us to
understand true unconditional love because we have nothing on earth to describe
it. We use words like unchanging,
sacrificial, impartial, unselfish, sincere, unconditional but I do not think we
even come close to describing the true love God has for us.
In The Knowledge of the Holy, A W. Tozer writes. “The
love of God is one of the greatest realities of the universe, a pillar upon
which the hope of the world rests. But
it is a personal intimate thing, too.
God does not love populations, He loves people. He loves not the masses, but men. He loves us all with a mighty love that has
no beginning and can have no end.
It is essential that we
understand God’s great love for us. 1
John 4: 18-19 says; there is no fear in love. But
perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in
love. We love because he
first loved us.
As long as we live in this world,
we will be subject to trials of one kind or another. We can live without fear, if we understand
that God loves us and wants what is ultimately best for us.
Do you sometimes find it hard to really
believe that God loves you? Why is that?
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How might life be different for you if you
really believed and lived secure in God’s love?
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Prayer
Let’s read and pray this prayer of Paul from
Ephesians 3 again today. It is hard to envision a more appropriate
response to all we’ve encountered this week about love.
14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and
on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 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,19 and to
know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.20 Now
to him who is able to do immeasurably
more than all we ask or imagine, according
to his power that is at work
within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout
all generations, forever and ever! Amen.
Contributors:
John Brydon, Bob Klecan, John Lutz, Dave Montgomery
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