Does God Really Love Me

Does God Really Love Me?

Think for a moment about God's love for you. Do you question God's love for you most when you are struggling with difficulties or when you are aware of your own deficiencies? David describes God's love in Psalm 13:5 But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. This truth can bring you comfort when you face trouble because you can count on God and His love for you. There is no one who loves you better than God does. All you need to do is trust Him to keep His promise to love you. Psalm 52:8 But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever. Do you feel like that?

I've personalized the Psalms and when I've prayed them back to God I could feel His presence. Psalm 63:3-4 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. When David faced difficulty, he recalled the times God was there for him. It isn't hard to remember how God protected us from danger and distress. We know that God's love will carry us through the bad times. God
alone can satisfy our deepest longings.

God's love also plays an important role in how He responds to our sin. Lamentations 3:22-23 Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. There would be no hope for humans in this life or in eternity without God's love. It provides the hope we need to avoid the destruction that attends sin. This hope is in Jesus Christ.

Yet, we should never take God's love for granted. His patience and kindness towards us should cause us to continually turn from sin to obedience. God is waiting for us to follow Him. He gives us plenty of chances to turn from sin.

God went to great measures to show His love to us when we were still
sinners. He didn't wait for us to merit His love. He sent Jesus to earth to die on the cross. If God would do that while we were still sinning, think how much more He will do for us once we choose to live for Him? Read Romans 5:8-10. God, out of His infinite mercy chooses to save.

As Christians, we can have confidence of God's love. Consider what Romans 8:35-39 says. There is absolutely nothing that can separate us from God's amazing love. Nothing! Because of God's love through Jesus Christ, we can claim victory over everything that tries to obstruct God's love for us.

God has done a lot for you. Consider what you can do for Him. Ephesians 6:24 offers a suggestion. Your love for God should be continual, without end, and unceasing. Take a moment to reflect on how God's love for you should affect your love for Him. Do you believe that God's love is enough for you?

To God be the Glory, great things He has done
Lovingly in Christ,
Carole

"The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him...
My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him in song" (Psalm28:7)

Midi Playing is "The Ballad of the Cross" sing along

The Ballad of the Cross

(Verse 1)
By the prophets, God foretold
of the sending of His Son
Who would give His life
to set the captive free.
Stepping down from His throne
and the glory He had known,
Jesus came to give His life for you and me.
Though He knew well the cost,
He was prepared to suffer loss
and give Himself as ransom for us all.
Into our hopeless world He came,
Endured the suffering and the shame,
Every moment staying faithful to the call.

(Verse 2)
Yet the One who spoke of love
was rejected and despised;
He knew all too well the sinful heart of men.
Those with eyes refused to see;
Those with ears refused to hear,
as they sought a way to bring Him to an end.
By a friend He was betrayed,
By soldiers, led away,
Yet for this very hour He had come.
They did not take - He freely gave;
For those He came to save,
the road to the cross He walked alone.

(Bridge 1)
He could have called a million angels to His side,
Or stepped down from the cross and walked away.
Yet His love held Him there,
Through the pain and despair,
To free us from the debt we could not pay.

(Verse 3)
In His suffering and pain
Took the guilt and the shame
As He hung between the heavens and the ground.
Every nail, every thorn,
Every stare, every scorn
pierced the One who so freely laid it down.
With His face to the sky,
"It is finished!" was His cry
The words that broke the gates of hell.
When His final words were said,
Breathed His last, bowed His head,
Darkness o'er the land so quickly fell.

(Bridge 2)
Yet death and darkness could not stand against His power:
He rose, victorious o'er the grave.
In His light we now may live,
By the grace He came to give
All who call upon His name are surely saved!
All who call upon His name are surely saved!

Midi: "Ballad of the Cross"

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