GOD’S LOVE IS CONSISTENT!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2022.

SUBJECT : GOD’S LOVE IS CONSISTENT!

Memory verse: "For I am the Let rd, I do not change; therefore you are not consumed, O sins of Jacob." (Malachi 3 vs 6.)

READ: Luke 15 vs 11 - 20:

15:11: Then He said, “A certain man had two sons:

15:12: And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.’ So he divided unto them his livelihood.

15:13: And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living.

15:14: But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

15:15: Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

15:16: And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything. 

15:17: And when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

15:18: I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before you,

15:19: and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”

15:20: And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.

INTIMATION:

God’s love for you and I is consistent in accordance with His nature. God’s character will never change. He persistently shows His love for us. He does not change in reference to His promises. God’s promises cannot be changed because they came from the One who cannot lie. God cannot lie, neither has He ever broken His oath. He is always fair, just, and merciful to us who are undeserving. 

In the passage we read today, the prodigal son left out of selfishness (Luke 15 bs 12). He went to a foreign country wasted his life and resources, and sunk to the depths. The young man, like many who are rebellious and immature, wanted to be free to live as he pleased, and he had to hit bottom before he came to himself. The father watched and waited with his love for the son consistent and intact. He was dealing with a human being with a will of his own, but he was ready to receive his son back if he returned. 

In the same way, God’s love is constant, patient and welcoming. He will search for us and give us opportunities to respond, but He will not force us to come to Him. Like the father in the story above, God waits patiently for us to come to our senses. God’s great love reaches out and finds sinners no matter why or how they got lost. Be thankful that God is changeless, He will always help you when you need it and offer forgiveness when you fall. 

Once the prodigal son had made the decision to return, and was in the process of returning to his father, the father embraced him and accepted him back into the family. However, when the prodigal son was in the pig pen, the father did not search him out and drag him back home. The son had to make the decision for himself in order that his repentance bring forth fruit in his life. This is exactly how God relates with God. He loves us consistently and will always be available to receive us in love whenever we come to Him. 

God loved man in his state of being unlovable. The agape (love) of God, therefore, was given without conditions. It was not that man was righteous, and thus, deserved the righteous act of God through the sacrifice of the cross. It was unearned love. Therefore, our state at anytime will not hinder His consistent love for us because He never loved us because of our lovable state or conditions. 

Now, look at the conclusion of the whole matter as the apostle Paul says, “....We are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor power, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8 vs 37 - 39.)

These verses contain one of the most comforting promises in all Scripture. Believers have always had to face hardships in many forms: persecution, illness, imprisonment, and even death. These sometimes cause them to fear that they have been abandoned by Christ. But the apostle Paul exclaims that it is impossible to be separated from Christ. His death for us is proof of His unconquerable love. Nothing can separate us from Christ’s presence. God tells us how great His love is so that we will feel totally secure in Him. 

Prayer: Abba Father, I thank You for all Your consistent love for me. My utmost heart desire is to consistently trust and obey You in all things, at all times, and in any circumstances in my journey of life. Endue me with the spirit of consistent love for You, in Jesus' Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!