God’s Promise of Everlasting Love

When we read the Bible, one of the consistent themes is God’s love. Scripture reveals that God’s love for us is a love that is eternal and never fails. In His own words, God tells us in Jeremiah 31:3 (ESV), “I have loved you with an everlasting love.” The purifying power of the Holy Spirit revealing God’s love for us is what first drew us to him. Recognizing and accepting how great his love is, captures our hearts and becomes the foundation of our relationship with him.

We know God’s Word is truth, yet it is often hard to understand the love of God, especially when it pertains to us personally. It can often be a struggle to grasp how God loves us. When we think of love with human emotions it sometimes comes with conditions or expectations, not only from others but for others. God’s love is different from human love. It is perfect, unchanging, and eternal. It is not limited to human emotions or imperfections. God continues to love us even when we behave in a way that is unlovable. Thankfully, our relationship with Him is not based on winning his approval, but on yielding to and receiving his love.

Praise

Give praise that God is always reaching for us, not because we deserve it but because He loves us with an everlasting love.

God loved us first

Our love is manifested through God’s own character. 1 John 4:19 (ESV), “We love because he first loved us.”

Evidence of God’s love

God did for us that which we cannot do for ourselves. He sent his Son to die for our sins, giving us redeeming atonement. Romans 5:8 (NIV), “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

God’s renewable love

On earth all things are perishable, but God’s love is forever. Lamentations 3:22-23 (NIV), “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new ever morning, great is your faithfulness.”

Pray

I am humbled by the vastness of your everlasting love. Regardless of my flaws or the mistakes I make, I know your love is unconditional, steadfast, and unfailing. Fill my heart with your grace so that I may experience the depth of your love. I give thanks that there is nowhere that I can walk that your love cannot reach me. Each morning, I am reminded of your love for me. By your hand, I am refreshed.

In Jesus’ name,

Amen.