The Love of God

“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another” – 1 John 4:7,11.

LOVE. One of the most widely used words in the English language. And because of that, we have lost touch with what it really means. We say we “love” to travel, we “love” pizza, we “love” summer, or our car. We even say we “love our neighbor – but most of us don’t do much more than just say it. No wonder we don’t have a very good idea of what the Bible means when it says: “God is love.”Please don’t make the mistake of thinking that because God is love that everything is going to be sweet and wonderful and no one will be punished for his sins. God’s holiness demands that all sin be punished, but God’s love provides the plan and way of redemption for sinful man. God’s love is the cross of Jesus, by which man can have forgiveness and cleansing. It was the love of God that sent Jesus Christ to the cross!

Never question God’s great love, for it is as unchangeable a part of God as His holiness. No matter how terrible you sins, God loves you. Were it not for the love of God, none of us would ever have a chance in the future life. But God is love and His love for us is everlasting.
Remember that God’s love for you is not dependent on how you look, how you think, how you act, or how perfect you are. His love is absolutely nonnegotiable and nonreturnable.
No matter what you do, no matter how far you fall, no matter how ugly you become, God has a relentless, undying, unfathomable, unquenchable love from which you cannot be separated. Ever!

Our response to this love is to share it with the world. We must first possess a passion for God that burns deeper and hotter than anything else in our lives. As that fire burns for God, then the natural result is compassion for people.

The more you understand and experience the love of God in your life, the more it will overflow out of your life into the lives of others. To be able to love others the way He wants us to, demands that we first understand His love for us. Simply put: we can’t demonstrate and share something we don’t know much about. So, learn more about the love of God and it will have an impact on your life and the lives of those around you.