Thursday, February 1, 2018

God’s Everlasting Love

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I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, I have continued my faithfulness to you. Jeremiah 31: 3b (ESV)
 
Our Father God gives us three very important messages in these 16 words. Let’s explore what these messages mean.

The first thing He tells us is that He loves us. Do we realize what all that entails? God looks at us with eyes of love. No matter what we may have done, He always looks at us and sees us in the light of love. He may be disappointed by our behavior but He still loves us.

The second thing He communicates to us is that His love for us never ends. Said another way, His love for us has no end. He loves us because He made us. I remember a dear friend asking her Wednesday night children’s class, “Does God love. . .” and then she mentioned some people who had done some horrific crimes against society. Then, she answered her question to them. “Yes, God loves them because He made them like He made you.” Sometimes, when I hear of a dastardly act done by someone, I have to remember that God made him or her and loves that person just as much as He loves me.

The third message that God gives us here is that He is faithful because of the fact that He made us.  He tells us several times in His Word that He will never leave us or forsake us.  I remember a love song from the 1960’s entitled, “The Twelfth of Never” The last line of the song states, “I will love you until the twelfth of never . . . and that’s a long, long time.” 

God doesn’t quantify or limit how long He loves His children. He says he loves them forever. That tells me he will ALWAYS love us, His children.


2 comments:

  1. Praise God, He loves us forever. And that is kind of like "the twelfth of never"...because that day will never come...so the day will never come that God does not love His children. He loved us before we knew Him, and He will love us forever. Praise God. His love never fails. This was wonderful today. Thank you.

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    1. Pam: Thanks for your thoughts. Yes, He loves us eternally. He never gives up on us.

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