Choosing God's Love
The Bible For Self Improvement
I learned an interesting concept today.
Our relationship with God is conditional, but not in the way we may think.
The only condition is that we accept His love that He so desperately wants us to receive.
His love for us is constant and never changing.
Scripture reinforces this idea that God’s love is unwavering.
Here are a few reminders.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16, another reminder is in Lamentations 3:2.
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end.”
While God’s love for us is constant and never-changing, a true relationship with Him requires our response.
This is how His love is conditional.
Again, not because God withholds love, but because He honors our choice to receive or reject it.
God loves us an infinite amount, and yet, we still have to accept His love and love Him back.
It’s easy to think we have to earn God’s love by being good enough or doing more.
The truth is, His love comes first.
Our only role is to respond to it, not earn it.
The analogy in my devotional lesson goes like this.
God’s love is like the Sun in the summertime on a day without a cloud in the sky.
You can sit on the porch drinking some ice-cold lemonade, or you can sit in the basement playing video games.
We have to choose to accept the rays of the Sun (Son) just like we have to choose if we are going to love God or not.
His love for us doesn’t change, but we have to choose what relationship we want to have with him.
So, what will you choose today?
The basement or the porch?
God’s love is shining, waiting for the answer to the question.
Are we stepping into it?
-G. Banks