GOD IS LOVE
Today’s Text: And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. (1John 4:16)Today’s Thoughts: Have you seen God’s love? Do you know and believe that He loves you so much? Let us focus for a bit on the words “God is love”. The text does not say that God “loves”, it says that God “is love”. This means that God cannot be anything less than love. Everything He does is done in love. Love comes from God – we cannot love without God placing that love in our hearts. If we ever want proof that God is love we simply need to think back on the cross. If that doesn’t convince us that God is love and only love, then nothing will. God loves you. Do you know how much love God is offering to you? Think about it – He is love itself. Please accept that love today.
Today’s Testimony: Six years ago I wrote a song entitled “Why Did God Create Man?”. I’m going to share the words of that song with you today and I’ll let them speak for themselves. I’m once again only going to insert the chorus once. The chorus is the piece after the first two verses and should come again at the end of the song.
Why Did God Create Man?
Why did God create man
When He knew we’d only leave the hollow of His hand
And that these wicked people would only cause Him pain
And that when we reaped the result of our sin He would get the blame?
Well you see, God is love – He has so much love to share
So He wanted to share that love with someone, although we couldn’t care
Why did God create you and me
Although the future He could see?
Surely when He saw our sin and the price He’d have to pay
He should have thought twice and thrown His plan away
But still He chose to create sinful people like us
For then He would not only share, but show that He loves us so much
O He knew, He knew that we would never cease to sin
And He knew, He knew that when temptation came we would give in
But He still chose to die
It’s hard to imagine why
But He saw it as a bonus
To be able to display His love to us
So you see it was purely out of love
That Christ came from above
To share and to show
His great love for His people below
Now I pray that you see
That out of love, God created you and me
Why did God create man
When He knew we’d only leave the hollow of His hand
And that these wicked people would only cause Him pain
And that when we reaped the result of our sin He would get the blame?
Well you see, God is love – He has so much love to share
So He wanted to share that love with someone, although we couldn’t care
Why did God create you and me
Although the future He could see?
Surely when He saw our sin and the price He’d have to pay
He should have thought twice and thrown His plan away
But still He chose to create sinful people like us
For then He would not only share, but show that He loves us so much
O He knew, He knew that we would never cease to sin
And He knew, He knew that when temptation came we would give in
But He still chose to die
It’s hard to imagine why
But He saw it as a bonus
To be able to display His love to us
So you see it was purely out of love
That Christ came from above
To share and to show
His great love for His people below
Now I pray that you see
That out of love, God created you and me
Today’s Task: No matter how many people try and tell you that God doesn’t care, even if it is the way you’ve been feeling – please wipe that thought from your mind. We definitely might not always see God’s hand working in our lives, but His hand of love is always there. God does love you – believe it. If you do believe that God loves you, please tell as many people as you can that God is love. Show them that God is love by letting His love shine out of your heart. Praise Him for His love.
Today’s Thanks: O Lord I praise You for Your love. I thank You that You have never and will never stop loving us. Help us to live to please You. Help us to love You in return. I thank You for the plan of salvation that You were willing to set in place, although You knew how much it would cost. Lord I thank You for loving us that much. I praise You in Christ’s name. Amen.
