Message from Scripture: 10/31/2020

 

Our message from Scripture today is 1 John 4:8; “The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.”

 

While there are so many wonderful aspects to the nature of God, and how that relates to us as His children, one we all take comfort in is that He is a God of love, and promises us his eternal love in our relationship with him. God’s love is not conditioned on how much we love Him, but on His nature as God. It is a defining principle to the life we should live in Him, that His love is seen in how we treat each other.

 

What does this mean to us? if we are constantly aware of God’s great love for us, it will strengthen our faith in him and help us rely on his promises. God reminds us through Jeremiah, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you” (Jer. 31:3). God’s everlasting love for us is seen in the love of Christ for us, in dying for us, interceding for us, offering us life in Him.

 

God’s love for us is always an unending love for us, providing direction to us for a life of trust and obedience. Paul tells us, “Always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body” (2 Cor. 4:10). The assurance of God’s eternal, unchanging love can sustain us no matter what.

 

God loves us. He is looking after us, He is waiting for us, and He will rejoice to welcome and receive us if His love is seen in us. Today, let’s show the love of God in our seeking Him in life, our seeking each other to encourage and build up, and our earnest desire for the eternal. Have a great day today. God bless.

 

Robert