Tuesday, 23 April 2024
AN UNDERSTANDING OF HIS LOVE
...that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me (John 17:23).
God loves you as much as He loves Jesus. Has this reality dawned on your spirit? When it does, it'll completely transform everything about your life. Years ago, when I discovered this verse, I shouted, cried, danced, and screamed for joy!
God's love for us is beyond human description and imagination. In Romans 5:8, the Bible says, "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
Your value to God is the price He paid for your salvation, which is the blood of Jesus Christ: "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold... But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot" (1 Peter 1:18-19).
This should help you further appreciate the infinite magnitude and boundless nature of His love. In Ephesians 3:17-18, the Holy Spirit, through the Apostle Paul, prayed that we, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend the unfathomable dimensions of the Father's love.
Furthermore, in Romans 8:32, the Apostle Paul raised a thought provoking question as he reflected on God's matchless love for us. He asked, "He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" In other words, why should anyone be sick, weak, poor, broke, depressed or live a down life, judging how much the Father loves us?
An understanding of our heavenly Father's love will rid your life of fear, sickness and everything associated with Satan and darkness. Matthew's account of what the Lord did as a demonstration of His love for the people lends credence to this. It says, ''And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people" (Matthew 9:35). Hallelujah!
PRAYER: Ever-loving Father, thank you for the unfathomable and immeasurable love you've so lavished upon me. It's such a delight to know that I'm special and valuable to you. I walk in the consciousness of your unfailing love today, and I manifest and radiate your love to my world, in Jesus' Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Ephesians 3:17-19; 1 John 4:9-1O
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Luke 20:1-19 & 1 Samuel 18-19
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Romans 15:1-9 & Psalm 127-128