God So Loved the World Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. —1 John 4:10 God is love, so His loving is not something He may do nor not do at His will. Loving us is not an intermittent act or series of acts which God does in between other acts. His love flows steadily out upon the whole human race in an unbroken and continuous fullness. There is not a time, not a fraction of time, when Gods love is not active toward us. It is as constant as the being of God, for it is the being of God in unforced, normal expression.... We are often tempted to wonder how God could love us, but honest as this feeling is, it is nevertheless the result of a wrong way of looking at things. God does not love us because we are hard or easy to love; He loves us because He is God, not because we are good or bad or more attractive or less so. Gods love is not drawn out of Him by its object; it flows out from God in a steady stream because He is love. God so loved the world, not because the world was lovable but because God is love. Christ did not die for us that God might love us; He died for us because God already loved us from everlasting. Love is not the result of redemption; it is the cause of it. NCA107-108 Father, Im so glad You didnt look for something lovable within me before deciding to redeem me. While I was yet a sinner You loved me and chose me. You gave me the gift of life. I praise You. Amen. Tozer on the Almighty God: A 366-Day Devotional.
Posted on: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 10:59:08 +0000
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