How the Bible Teaches Us to Recognize God’s Love

For Valentine’s Day, remember that the ultimate act of love is continually demonstrated in our walk with Him. The Bible teaches us to recognize God’s love in our daily lives and share it with others.

As a starting point for recognizing God’s love for us, we look at one of the most quoted verses in the Bible, John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

 

Few of us can comprehend a depth of love so great that it would justify the sacrifice of one of our own children. Knowing that He loved us all so much, He would robe Himself in flesh to endure torture and death for us is the surest testament to God’s love ever recorded. Though perhaps the most significant, this is but one of the many verses that demonstrate to us God’s unconditional, all-encompassing love for each and every one of us.

God’s Love Gives Us Eternal Hope

Romans 8:37-39 offers us perhaps one of the most hopeful insights into God’s love:

 

“Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, 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.”

 

What a powerful verse! There is no force on Earth that can keep us from God’s love. In this letter to the Romans, Paul talks about the suffering they endure and how it is no match for the glory that awaits all who believe in Him. The same is true today. When we struggle, when the worries of the world seem too much, we can look to Romans for the reassurance that no matter what awaits us here, the love and glory of the Kingdom of God is waiting for us, too.

God Loves Us Enough to Discipline Us

It is difficult sometimes to recognize God’s love in the daily struggles of life. As world events continue to turn ever more alarming, and signs of the endtime become imminent, we may feel as though God has lifted His hand from us or that we are not prepared. Like a parent, however, God is here to discipline and guide us. Revelation 3:19 tells us: “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.” Perhaps the times in which we are struggling the most are the times we can learn to feel closest to God and His love.

Love Others as God Loves Us

In 1 John 4:10-11, God gives us excellent guidance for traversing our daily lives:

 

“In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”

 

In his letter, John encourages us to love one another under the perfect love of God. We are unconditionally loved by God and when one experiences that true love, it becomes contagious, spreading to others. When someone helps us, when we give aid to those in need, or when we share the Word of God, that is God’s love in action. That love has the power to change the world!

 

God has done so much for us. He has given us the hope of a heavenly reward and the promise of unshakeable love. As He has loved us, so too are we instructed to spread that love so that others may learn to recognize God’s love and the comfort and assurance it brings. Please contact us today to learn how you can help in this important ministry and let your love shower the goodness of God on the people in your life.

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