God Loves You

“God loves you” is a pretty simple statement but one we easily lose sight of in a world full of challenges and often void of true Agape love, which has no hooks or conditions. We need to constantly look in Scripture and remind ourselves of what God’s love is like and how much He loves us, despite what we may be going through. When we understand the love of God for us, it changes our expectations of God. The great chapter on love concludes by saying, “And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (I Corinthians 13:13) Love drives faith and hope. When we truly understand and accept God’s love, we will have hope and faith in all circumstances because we know our Heavenly Father cares for us.

Romans  8:31-39 says, “If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written:

For Your sake we are killed all day long;

We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.  

Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Whatever situation you are facing today, no matter how small or great, you are more than conqueror, even in the midst of your circumstances because of God’s love for you.

Hebrews 4:15-16 says, “For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” We can come boldly with confidence before God in time of need because of His grace and great love for us. Jesus said, “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!” (Matthew 7:11)

We have an omniscient (all knowing), omnipresent (always present), omnipotent (all powerful) Father who understand us, loves us, and is always there for us. “Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.” (I Peter 5:7)

Andy Clark