Do you ever feel like you don’t know where you stand with the Lord? Maybe it seems like you’ve stepped over a line and now you’re in the penalty box for a while, or maybe you just feel distant and cold. Maybe you haven’t really been reading the Scriptures all that consistently and your prayers seem to go nowhere. Maybe you’re holding onto attitudes you know He doesn’t want, but whatever the case, things just don’t feel right between you and Jesus sometimes. Here’s the thing: the reason so many of us think we’re on shaky ground with the Lord is that we believe His love is like our love. Our love for Jesus is real, but the strength of it comes and goes. Our love for Jesus had a beginning and before that time, we were strangers and enemies against Him. Sometimes we get mad at Jesus and sometimes we simply forget about Him. Our love for Him is a very human love. His love for us is better. His love for you had no beginning. Before He made the world, He knew you and loved you. His love for you doesn’t ever change. He has already made up His mind that you are accepted and righteous and it’s not based on your behavior. His love for you is passionate and pure. In John 15, Jesus said that His love for you is just like God the Father’s love for Him. Whoa. Jesus loves you the way the Father loves Him. That love is endless, boundless, joyful and unstoppable. It’s a love that rips its way right through death. Jesus doesn’t love the way you and I love. He loves us the way we want to be loved.
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