Category: Love

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A marvelous love

[The Glory Unveiled]

“Look with wonder at the depth of the Father’s marvelous love that he has lavished on us! He has called us and made us his very own beloved children. The reason the world doesn’t recognize who we are is that they didn’t recognize him.” [ 1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬ ‭TPT‬‬ ]

Love is the gift and nature of God. Without love we cannot understand what God is giving us, neither can we receive it. Love is the lens through which God-reality makes sense to us. God is so God that whatever He does cannot make sense to a mortal except that it happens through the sieve of love. Love is the only way the justice and mercy of God does not break us. We are so fragile that only His love can handle us in one piece. So, the apostle John tells us to look with wonder at the manner and depth of God’s love for us. He did not only call us out of the mess we made through sin, but He has also made us His very own beloved children even after that. Now, this is what makes it marvelous! He called us out of our state of alienation and separation from Him and He made us through the adoption by the blood of His Son, His beloved children. And so, He sees us like we had never broken His heart, never sinned, never offended Him. In what world, what reality can this happen, if not with God? The depth of God’s marvelous love for us—we had gone so far from God that it would cost the life of His Son to bridge the gap but God didn’t mind losing His Son for us. And now, we have been made one with the Son. This is why the world treats us as they had treated Jesus and does not recognize us because they did not recognize the Lord Jesus incarnated in human form. And so, we must be equipped with the mindset that whatever He experienced [persecution and glory], we will experience it too because we are one with Him. Then, we will not be alarmed when the world treats us unmannerly, because our focus would be on enjoying the marvelous love of the Father.

Prayer_Bead: Father of Love, thank you for the marvelous love you lavish on us and now we bear your name. Thank you.

Wisdom_Quote: Love is the gift and nature of God.

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Relentless love.


[The Glory Unveiled]

After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life. [ Genesis 3:24 NIV ]

God created man in His image and likeness as a demonstration of His love. And even when man disobeyed God, that loving nature of God took the lead. So that whatever God did, no matter how it looked like, was a love move. After they had eaten of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, God kicked them out of the garden so that they will not proceed to eat of the tree of life. This is because, if they were allowed to eat from the tree of life as well, they would have been eternally damned. It would have been impossible to redeem them because they would have had eternal life as well as the knowledge to do wrong. And then when the punishment for their wrong was met out, they would have been eternally under that weight. God didn’t want His image to remain under the weight of sin forever, so, He drove them from the garden where they could access the tree of life. The love of God can make Him treat us in a way that seem unloving at a first glance but the end goal will always be love. For God is love. When God take us from something that seem good, it may be an expression of the love of God to deliver us from something that will eventually destroy us. The Bible says that there is a way that seem right to a man but the end thereof lies destruction (Proverbs 14:12). And so, in our eyes it may seem like a golden opportunity but in reality, it may be a destruction. So, let us trust God in every thing he puts us through because God causes all things to work together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purposes.

Prayer_Bead: Wonderful Jesus, thank you for the great love of God you demonstrate and reveal to us. Thank you for making us products of your love.

Wisdom_Quote: We are the products of God’s love nature.

#GNews: Unveiling the glory of God.