“But I know you, that ye have not the love of
God in you.” Jn 5:42
This
is the greatest gift, the love of God, and its’ never earned. We, unfortunately live in a context today that
love is earned or deserved and placed upon others as an award. Like marriage, in a reciprocation arrangement
stating I’ll love you and you’ll love me; then we add in commitment, honesty,
promises as some type of assurances or guarantees. Society tries to illustrate it through marriage,
romances and on screen images. But, God’s love for us is so contrary to this
context, it’s not at all like our love. God’s
love is unconditional, always for us, towards us and relentless without
preconditions or arrangements. Rather or not we are messy, unworthy or non-reciprocating
His unconditional (agape) love is
real and ever-present. Yet, so many miss its power, feeling they can’t nor have
anything to return to God; that’s the miss, He doesn’t require anything. It’s
not elementary love; I’ll love you if you love me, it’s not conditional with
obligation of religious practices on our part. We are so conditioned that nothing
is free, it will cost us in some way, God’s love is unconditional and free if we
are willing to receive it and accept it. That’s the greatest love story ever
told and it’s all about His love for us in spite of ourselves. It’s in this
context of God’s love that life truly begins!
The
greatest and unharnessed power in the world is God’s love; its only hindrance
is our acceptance.
HSAY…Todd
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