UNFAILING

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

Keller commented that,

 "The only love that won’t disappoint you is one that can’t change, that can’t be lost, that is not based on the ups and downs of life or of how well you live. It is something that not even death can take away from you. And God’s love is the only thing like that."

Paul affirmed that when he penned, I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. – Romans 8:38 (NLT)

That is such a reassuring truth.

Because Keller is right on the money, life is full of ups and downs.

Life is susceptible to circumstances.

And if our LOVE is attached to things of this world or things connected to our lives and NOT on GOD, then that love will eventually disappoint us; it will eventually leave us wanting or worse yet abandoned all together.

That is why it is CRITICAL that we REMAIN in the safety of GOD’s love, that we count on GOD’s love.  For that love is limitless, overflowing with grace, bathed in freeing truth and wisdom.  It has no end and it can’t be stripped away or lost.

In recent weeks I have met some folks who because of their circumstances and hurt that they have experienced, they are SCARED to love again and unfortunately SCARED to be loved as well.

They were jilted.

They were discarded.

They were sucker punched.

And when presented with this ethereal concept of the LOVE of GOD that takes away the sins of the world, this love that cannot under any circumstance be wrestled or removed from us, it is a hard pill to swallow.

But rest assured that no level of skepticism or trial has the chops or the energy to cause a fissure between you and our ABBA FATHER.

C.S. Lewis said it this way, “The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God's love for us does not.”

So why spend time on this today? 

I can hear you saying everyone knows GOD loves us, that He in fact is love.  But I would beg to differ.  Some of the folks I have been working with this week feel GOD has turned a deaf ear to their pain and THEY (and maybe you) need a little REASSURANCE.  That this LOVE GOD has for us is boundless and boundary free.  

It is always faithful and always on the clock.

And Bridges put a nice bow on today’s affirmation or reaffirmation when he said, “God's unfailing love for us is an objective fact affirmed over and over in the Scriptures. It is true whether we believe it or not. Our doubts do not destroy God's love, nor does our faith create it. It originates in the very nature of God, who is love.”

Friend, you are LOVED!

I love you all.

Have a BLESSED day!!!

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