Hi Everyone!
The focus of the Gospel is God's love for us. However, I believe that most people are quick to think differently. We've been trained to focus on our love for God. This, unfortunately, is a huge, HUGE problem, because it takes our eyes off of Jesus. I see one Christian after the next struggling to love God more, and their life speaks more of defeat than joy. There's nothing wrong with growing in one's love for God, but I get the sense that most Christians fall into this cycle: because their love for God falters and varies, they believe so also God's love for and approval of them wavers.
Simply put: Christians struggle to believe that God loves them when they see their love for Him as so inconsistent. They find themselves asking the question: "How can God truly love me, when I can't love Him as I ought to and as He deserves?"
Well, thankfully, this lie is being busted. Let's look at what Jesus did in John 11: Lazarus was sick and died, but Jesus was not moved by Lazarus' love for Him, rather by His love for Lazarus. Lazarus' sisters did not say: "The one who loves You is sick". They said "Lord, the one You love is sick."
Let us put this ever in the forefront of our thoughts--let it be the beginning and ending of all our musings, so that we may remain in that place of freedom and joy given to us by a Creator God Who is prodigal in His love for us. We are accepted by God, Who has demonstrated His complete and over-whelming love through Christ. Let us stand firm in this faith, and never again submit ourselves to the deadly cycle of trying to prove our love for God in order to gain acceptance and approval--or blessings!
Look to Jesus, for in Him, you are beloved.
Grace=Peace,
The focus of the Gospel is God's love for us. However, I believe that most people are quick to think differently. We've been trained to focus on our love for God. This, unfortunately, is a huge, HUGE problem, because it takes our eyes off of Jesus. I see one Christian after the next struggling to love God more, and their life speaks more of defeat than joy. There's nothing wrong with growing in one's love for God, but I get the sense that most Christians fall into this cycle: because their love for God falters and varies, they believe so also God's love for and approval of them wavers.
Simply put: Christians struggle to believe that God loves them when they see their love for Him as so inconsistent. They find themselves asking the question: "How can God truly love me, when I can't love Him as I ought to and as He deserves?"
Well, thankfully, this lie is being busted. Let's look at what Jesus did in John 11: Lazarus was sick and died, but Jesus was not moved by Lazarus' love for Him, rather by His love for Lazarus. Lazarus' sisters did not say: "The one who loves You is sick". They said "Lord, the one You love is sick."
Let us put this ever in the forefront of our thoughts--let it be the beginning and ending of all our musings, so that we may remain in that place of freedom and joy given to us by a Creator God Who is prodigal in His love for us. We are accepted by God, Who has demonstrated His complete and over-whelming love through Christ. Let us stand firm in this faith, and never again submit ourselves to the deadly cycle of trying to prove our love for God in order to gain acceptance and approval--or blessings!
Look to Jesus, for in Him, you are beloved.
Grace=Peace,
Jeremy
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