God loves you

26 October 2010.

John I 4:8  He who does not love does not know God; for God is love.

Early this morning I was on the way to fetch the staff, and while driving the thought came to me of how fortunate I am to realise that God actually loves me. So many people today have no concept that God has chosen to love them. This love is not dependant on what I do, or what I say or even in the way I respond, God loves me despite all that. He loves me not because I studied the Bible, or I go to church or I do the right things, He just loves me, because I am His. I belong to Him as His child, and when I understand that, I then understand that it is His choice to love me.

Having understood this how should a person respond? The only appropriate response is to return that love, to acknowledge that love, and to proclaim that love. I can only love God, because God loved me first. I do this by doing that which pleases Him, I respond to Him in love by loving others as He has loved me.  When we love others, we invite God to dwell in us, and when He dwells in us, people do not see us, but the God who dwells with us.

Be encouraged today to accept that God loves you.

David

Point to ponder: God has chosen to love you.

Question to consider:  Have you chosen to love God?

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