Message from Scripture: 7/6/2020

Today’s message from Scripture comes from 1 John 4:16; “So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.”

Scripture is filled with passages that affirm God’s love for us. “For God so loved the world…” (John 3:16). No created thing “will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 8:39). “The God of love and peace will be with you” (2 Cor. 13:11).

Saying you love, however, isn’t the same as actually showing your love. We know God loves us, not only because God is truth, but because of how He shows it to us. He provides the seasons in their times (Psa. 104:19). He makes the sun shine, and the rain fall, on both the righteous and unrighteous (Matt. 5:43). Whatever it takes for our world to be sustained and provide what we need for life, He is accomplishing it through Christ (Col. 1:17).

Everything physical God provides for our well-being. Beyond this, the greatest measure of God’s love is what He offers us in Christ, who became flesh and blood, lived a perfect life among us, and died the cruel death on the cross so His blood could wash away our sins. He cares for us throughout the days of our lives, and promises eternal life when this life ends. That is how we know we are truly loved.

Jesus told His disciples, “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). If life seems to get you down, never forget God loves you, and how great that love is, seen in Christ. Knowing this, you can have a great day any day. God bless.

Robert