The greatest truth you could ever know is this – God loves you. It’s simple but once you allow that truth to sink deep into your heart it will forever change your life. You cannot be the same once you know that God – the creator of heaven and earth, the One who formed you in the womb, gives breath to your lungs, the eternal One, the Holy One, the King of kings and the Lord of lords – yes, HE loves YOU.
Not in a general passive way that’s distant and unfamiliar – God loves you and desires you to know His love for you in the most personal intimate way possible.
Friends – Jesus came and died the death we deserve on the cross because God loves us so much, that His desire was that no one should die in their sins and be separated from His love. God created mankind to know Him and have close personal fellowship with Him. God delights in having a relationship with us. So much so, that even though we have sinned against Him, turned our backs on Him, burned the bridge to ever having close fellowship with Him… God said, “I love you so much, I’m going to send my Son to earth as one of you to rebuild that bridge you burned, to take your sins upon Himself, and to pour out My holy and just judgment upon Him, so that you never have to experience that.”
We say, “Why God? Why do that for me? I’m the one who messed up. I deserve your judgment.”
God smiles and says, “Because I love you.”
Friends, today we encourage you – no matter how bad you’ve messed up, how discouraged or hopeless you feel – look to Jesus. See Jesus on the cross in your place, hanging there with your sin and shame, so that you don’t have to carry it yourself anymore. Put your faith and your trust in the One who loves you, and follow Jesus. You will find TRUE life, that is the most fulfilling life anyone could ever live.
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