Knowing God’s HeartSample

God Is Love

We’ve all heard that God loves us. Not only does God love us, but He is love. Our God is synonymous with love. Not the kind of love that we attribute to earthly possessions or temporary feelings, but the kind of love that is beyond us. This love is perfect because God is love. Not only is He love but He loves! The only reason we can ever truly love someone is because God loved us first. 

From the beginning of mankind, God has loved His people. But in the Old Testament, there was a huge gap between our perfect God and sinful people. God’s wrathful actions often dealt with that sin, and because we know our God is a loving God, it’s usually something that our limited minds don’t get. If God is love, then why did He seem so mean? The truth is that sin had to be paid for. That’s why God sent Jesus to die once and for all to make people right with God. 

Let’s talk about two aspects of this trait of God: His love and how He loves us.

The Love of God
God’s love is undeniable because of His miraculous works. We see evidence of His love every single day when a child is born, when the sun rises, and when we choose to be kind to others. God’s love came first. God’s love is undaunted when we mess things up. He’s not surprised or let down when we fail. God’s love is unrivaled above all else. Nothing compares to it. No words can adequately express it. No mind can fully comprehend it. But that doesn’t mean we can’t accept it and live in it. 

God’s Love For Us
God’s love for us isn’t dependent on us loving Him back. According to 1 John 4:9-10, God showed His love for us by sending Jesus to the world as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. The apostle Paul told us in Romans 5:8 that Jesus died for us “while we were still sinners.” God doesn’t need us to get right with Him before we come to Him. The way we get right with Him is to simply come to Him. 

He loves us that much.