A Love Relationship

This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
We love because He first loved us. 1 John 4:9-10; 19, NIV

God loves us and desires us to have a personal, loving relationship with Him. He sent His Son as a sacrifice for our sins so that those that accept and believe in His Son may have eternal life. Make no mistake. This is not because we are worthy or deserving in any way; this was done because God first loved us.

Last night I was reading in “Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God” by Henry & Richard Blackaby and Claude King; first published in 1990 but revised and expanded in 2008. This is a great book and chapter 7 is entitled: “God Pursues a Love Relationship with You”. This chapter tells us we were created to have a love relationship with God and if we are not living our lives in the overflow of God’s love for us and ours for Him, then we are not living the Christian life as it was intended.

However, the paragraph that really caught my attention was this one:

“When you love God, He promises to respond with His blessings. You and your children will live under His favor. By trusting in Jesus, you have eternal life. God’s Spirit will reside within you. He will make you more than a conqueror over every difficulty you face. Nothing will separate you from God’s love.” 

This is so true! Not only do I claim this but I feel and experience this truth in my own life; in fact, I celebrate in the knowledge of this promise. Deuteronomy 30 verses 19 and 20 contain this promise: “This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life.”

You too can have and enjoy this promise. How? Jesus said: “'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment.” Amen.

God Bless!