I have said it before and I will say it again: The more we know how much God loves us, the more we will begin to see our lives changing. So often, it is easy for us to assume that God doesn't truly love us because of circumstances. We are placed into a bad position at work, or a friend dies, or money is getting tighter, or family is getting harder to deal with, or we just aren't believing that God truly loves us. It is so easy to say, "God, if You love me, You would..." and then insert the desires of our hearts. It could be "make the pain go away," "get me a new car," "bless me more," "make my life better," etc.
The truth is, those are lies from the enemy. God's love is so much greater than that. Romans 5:8 says. "But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." He died for you while you were rebelling against Him. You had no desire for Him at all, and He came to Earth and died on the cross for you. Imagine the one person who just grinds your gears. Imagine them doing something horrible to you. Now, you knew that they were going to get exactly what they deserve for whatever they did to you. Would you love them enough to go die one of the most torturous deaths imaginable as well as take on their punishment for them so they could avoid it? I doubt it, but God did that for us. While we were doing everything that we could to rebel against Him, He still came and loved us through the cross.
We are so quick to hold God to conditional human standards. We assume that, if we are not "rewarded" for our good deeds, God does not love us. He gave you eternal life! He justified you and blessed you with every blessing in the Heavens. There is nothing that He owes you. You owe Him your life for what He has done for you. Romans 8:32 says, "He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all - how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?" God has already done more than enough to show His love, and He is still providing for you daily. To say that God doesn't love you is a lie. He will never stop loving you, and anyone who says otherwise is a liar straight from the Devil.
The next time you start to feel that God doesn't love you, stop looking at conditional human things. Look to the cross and try to tell me that God doesn't love you. You may not think that He came for you; but trust me, He was thinking of you while He was on the cross. He laid it all down for YOU.
-D
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