God's Love for His Children

The devotion that I did today came from two different passages: John 3:16 and Ephesians 3:19. These two verses speak about the love that God has freely given to every one of His children. Two important aspects that are emphasized from the reading of these two verses are: first how crucial it is to recognize and accept God’s love and second how to demonstrate His love within ourselves.

First, to take a look at John 3:16, a verse most everyone has scripted into their mind, it is recognized that God so loved the world, meaning each of us who are living in it, that He gave His only begotten son. God sent Himself in human form through His son, Jesus Christ, to earth. By God sending Himself in the flesh to earth to walk and talk like us shows great humility and love. He did this in order to save us from the sinful nature we have received for which separated us from Him. He loves us unconditionally and did not want to be separated from us, the sinners. God’s love cannot be earned or unearned. God’s love just is. The love He holds for every one of us is a covenant. A covenant is an eternal and unbreakable promise, unlike a contract for which one can easily break the agreement.

Second, let’s take a look at Ephesians 3:19. This verse is delivered by Paul to the congregation in Ephesus. These words are in the form of a prayer. His prayer is that the people would come to know God’s love, so that they may be strengthened by it.

Understanding and accepting God’s love will completely transform our life. Inwardly we will be greatly planted and strengthened by His love. Through this, we will be strong enough to defeat anything that may speak against us, outwardly.

In summary, it is most important to first seek God’s love through His truth, accept it, and then demonstrate it to every person that steps in or around our life. God is love; therefore let us reciprocate that throughout the words we speak and the actions towards others. We were made in the image of God, and we are called by Him to be like-minded in His ways.