Many of us Christians find it difficult to accept the truth that God loves us wholly and unconditionally. We may not admit that, but it's evident in the way we see and treat God.
Some non-believers, not knowing God, quickly blame Him when something wrong happens. They don't know God and don't believe in Him (some even argue that He doesn't exist), but when something wrong happens they quickly and instinctively blame Him, saying "why me?"
Some of us Christians do the same thing, albeit in a different manner. When something wrong happens, we blame God for our unwanted suffering. The blaming may not be verbalized with our mouths, but we grumble and complain in our hearts.
Or when we have problems and needs, we quickly run to God in prayer and ask Him for His help, but when things are going well, we tend to forget Him.
Even long-time Christians can struggle with this. We serve and honor God with our lives, but when something wrong happens, we suddenly think that God doesn't really love us at all. We think that He doesn't love us as much as we're told.
These attitudes and actions say that we don't understand the love of God for us. Friends, I hope to encourage you. No matter how hard life is for us, or no matter how much we think we're unlovable and unloved by God, the truth remains the same:
"...Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you." (see Jeremiah 31:3)
God loves all of us unconditionally. He loved us before we were born, loves us today, and will continue loving us tomorrow. He loved us before we committed sin, and because of His love in Christ, we can be saved from sin and allowed a relationship with Him.
Yes, He's that loving.
To help us believe that God loves us unconditionally and perfectly, here are a few Bible verses we should read and meditate on.
John 3:16-17
"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. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved."
Romans 5:6-8
"For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
1 John 4:9-10
"In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 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."
