Think about this and don’t gloss over the words when reading them—you are undeservingly loved by God. What does that mean? Not only can you not earn God’s love, but you shouldn’t even receive God’s love because of your sinful nature. God hates sin, and yet we sin on a daily basis; the saved and unsaved alike. But with all this going on, God still loves us and desires to spend time with us here on earth and eternity with us in heaven (see the Life Changing Prayer on the side).
How do I know God is crazy about each and every one of us? Let’s look at the stuff we, as humans, know. There is no such thing as “love at first sight” with people. There may be physical attraction, but true love doesn’t begin to DEVELOP until after we begin to know someone. True love involves conversation, interaction, and the growth of trust between individuals. In the obtainment of friendships, we have the same type of advancement—conversation, interaction, and trust. Human love between individuals only comes after some sort of stepwise growth (the only exception being the love between a parent and a child, but this follows God’s example).
God, on the other hand, immediately loves us; independent of anything we have done to deserve His adoration. Romans 5:8 states, “But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” No conversation, no interaction, no trust needed for His love. He wants to hear from you, He wants to talk with you, and He wants to spend eternity with you without any qualifying steps for you to complete. He only asks that you allow Christ into your heart (afore mentioned prayer) so that you can begin to develop a relationship with Him and be with Him in heaven.
Here is the mind blower…He still loves you even when you are living in a sinful manner. Whether you are saved or not, whether you give praise or cursing to His ear, whether you live by His commands or your own selfish desires, God still loves you and wishes to know you through the saving grace of Jesus Christ. Don’t believe me, look back up at Romans 5:8—God gave up a part of His perfect being to be ridiculed, humiliated, beaten mercilessly, and eventually murdered all so that you would spend an eternity with him. And that was before you were born. Still think this is improbable. Here is one last mental cruncher…If God didn’t want to know you, you would never have existed to read this. But because of who you are as an individual (created by Him, Psalms 139:13, 14), God wants you to know Him and develop a relationship with him. And all before you even knew about Him. Now that is undeserving love.
How do I know God is crazy about each and every one of us? Let’s look at the stuff we, as humans, know. There is no such thing as “love at first sight” with people. There may be physical attraction, but true love doesn’t begin to DEVELOP until after we begin to know someone. True love involves conversation, interaction, and the growth of trust between individuals. In the obtainment of friendships, we have the same type of advancement—conversation, interaction, and trust. Human love between individuals only comes after some sort of stepwise growth (the only exception being the love between a parent and a child, but this follows God’s example).
God, on the other hand, immediately loves us; independent of anything we have done to deserve His adoration. Romans 5:8 states, “But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” No conversation, no interaction, no trust needed for His love. He wants to hear from you, He wants to talk with you, and He wants to spend eternity with you without any qualifying steps for you to complete. He only asks that you allow Christ into your heart (afore mentioned prayer) so that you can begin to develop a relationship with Him and be with Him in heaven.
Here is the mind blower…He still loves you even when you are living in a sinful manner. Whether you are saved or not, whether you give praise or cursing to His ear, whether you live by His commands or your own selfish desires, God still loves you and wishes to know you through the saving grace of Jesus Christ. Don’t believe me, look back up at Romans 5:8—God gave up a part of His perfect being to be ridiculed, humiliated, beaten mercilessly, and eventually murdered all so that you would spend an eternity with him. And that was before you were born. Still think this is improbable. Here is one last mental cruncher…If God didn’t want to know you, you would never have existed to read this. But because of who you are as an individual (created by Him, Psalms 139:13, 14), God wants you to know Him and develop a relationship with him. And all before you even knew about Him. Now that is undeserving love.
