By Barry Meguiar for THRIVE NEWS
God didn’t create love. God is love, who was and is and always will be (Revelation 1:8). His love never changes and never ends, having “no variableness, neither shadow of turning” (James 1:17). Holy, Holy, Holy speaks to the purity, separateness and divineness of God’s love for you (Revelation 4:11).
Have you considered how God knows everything about you and never wavers in His love for you? “O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me… You know what I am going to say before I say it… You go before me and follow me… I can never escape your Spirit… I can never get away… how precious are your thoughts about me… they outnumber the grains of sand” (Psalms 139).
“Nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God” (Romans 8:38). No matter how far you’ve wandered, what you’ve done or how alone you feel, God will “never leave you… never… forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5). He doesn’t love you to the end — God loves you forever (Romans 2:11).
So how do you love God back? Jesus said: “If you love me, obey My commandments” (John 14:15). When asked which is the most important commandment, Jesus said (Mark 12:30) loving your neighbor as yourself (being as concerned for their salvation as you are your own) is equal to loving Him and, astoundingly, fulfills everything He requires of you for the entirety of your life.
