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Loving God – Where it all Starts

27 Mar

Do you love God?  Here’s a loaded question – do you really know what it means to love God?

I John 4:8-10
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.  This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.  This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

I am convinced that we, as believers, need to understand what it truly means to love God.  I have decided to spend a few posts exploring this topic.

The big question is where do we even start to understand what it means to love God?  He is so vast, so infinite.  His ways are so far above our comprehension.  How could we ever grasp love for a God so great and powerful?

In order to really love God, we have to start with the correct attitude.  Scripture is clear that it’s not about our love for Him, but His love for us.  Before I can ever love God, I must have an understanding of what love is and just how much He loves me.

The path is clear and simple.  To understand love, I have to understand Him.  That is the basis, the starting point, the foundation stone.

God is love.

If I want to know love, I must know God.  That is the bottom line.  I need to know God and the fullness of His love for me.  It is because of His love that my sins have been atoned for.  Spend some time in the presence of true love today.  Go before God and let His love flow through you and work in you.

 
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Posted by on March 27, 2012 in Daily Thoughts

 

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Love and Forgiveness

22 Mar

Psalm 103:11-12
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

I love watching the sky in the evening.  When you go outside on a bright starry night and gaze at the heavens, it seems to go on forever.  Indeed, all the stars that you are able to see are light-years away.  They are unreachable at our present level of knowledge.

That is how much God loves us – to a level unattainable by human thought.  My finite brain cannot comprehend His love and compassion for me.  That He would pay the price for my forgiveness at a point when I didn’t even know Him is beyond my understanding.

But there is more to it.  If I were to travel in a direction – east or west – and continue on forever, I would still never come to my sin that was taken away.  He has permanently removed the sin, guilt, and punishment that should have been mine.  What an incredible thought.

These are basic truths that are known by most believers.  Yet, it is a good thing for us to take the time to review and meditate on them once in a while.  Spend some time in the stillness of your surroundings today, and allow these deep principles to work on your soul.  Let them revive and renew your appreciation for the Savior of your life.  Give Him thanks today for all He has done for you.

 
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Posted by on March 22, 2012 in Daily Thoughts

 

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Jesus the Traveler

25 Feb

Luke 9:57-58
As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
Jesus replied, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

He had no corporate office.  He had no house in the big city.  He traveled almost the whole time during His ministry.

In some ways it is very difficult to live your life “on the road.”  Jesus did it for three years.  He understood the stress of always having to be on the move.

Spiritually speaking, if we serve the Lord, we can expect to be just like Him – to be constantly on the go.  He does not want us to stagnate, but to press on toward the prize.  To do that we must be always willing to change and to try new things as the Lord continues to call us forward.

This kind of life is forever bringing new challenges across our path.  Each step of the way we are being drawn to deeper commitment, greater devotion, and higher callings.  With each new opportunity for obedience comes a choice – to be satisfied with the old or to move on in Christ to the new.  It is exciting following Jesus – but you have to keep moving.

Take the time today in your prayers to let the Lord know your willingness to move on with Him.  If there is an area of your life where you have been resisting His change, then repent and commit to move on in obedience.

 
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Posted by on February 25, 2012 in Daily Thoughts

 

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