God’s
love is more constant and sure than the rising of the sun in the east and the
setting of the sun in the west. God’s
love is more sure than the laws of gravity.
We do not worry or wonder if the sun is going to rise tomorrow or if the
laws of gravity will still be in effect.
We don’t lie awake at night contemplating, “I wonder if I will still be
able to walk on the ground in the morning. When I wake up, will I float away into the sky?” We fret unnecessarily when we believe that
God’s love toward us might change depending upon how poorly or how well we
might be performing at a given moment in time.
God
already knows all our successes, failures, and sins past, present, and
future. Yet, he still loves us right
now. His love is timeless, firmly rooted
in who HE is. It is God’s nature to
love. Since God is love, he can’t help but
love. He has to love, he is driven to
love, compelled by love. He couldn’t
help but love, even if He wanted to behave differently (which he couldn’t)! There is nothing in God’s nature contrary to
love or that diminishes love in any way.
Everything in God’s actions, will, and nature revolves around an
internal sun called Love. Even when his
actions or lack of action are perceived by humans to be unloving, His love
remains. God’s love is unchanged by our
faulty perceptions of Him. Whether we
like it or not, whether we believe it or not, God has never thought an unloving
thought, had an unloving intention, or acted in an unloving way.
Closely
tied to and inseparable from God’s Love is His goodness. God is entirely and completely good. Think of the worst possible evil action, or
the most vile, despicable person or creature.
God is the exact opposite. There
is nothing evil or bad in God’s nature, He is completely and thoroughly good.
Evil Good (God’s nature)
Tyrannical,
controlling, oppressive Freeing,
uncontrolling
Power Hungry Power
releasing, decentralizing
Greedy Giving
Self-centered,
self-preserving Sacrificial
to the point of death
Unforgiving,
bitter Forgiving,
understanding
Unclean,
impure Holy,
spotless, unblemished, perfect
Hard, rigid Full
of grace and mercy
Uncaring Compassionate,
caring, desires to relieve pain
Unfeeling Emotional,
Identifies with and feels our pain
Unkind,
Harsh Gentle,
kind
Unpredictable,
capricious Unchanging,
steady, keeps promises
Unjust,
allows evil to continue Just, punishes evil rightly and perfectly
Grr! Blogger just lost my comment, but I will try to recreate my lucid and brilliant points....
ReplyDeleteYour intro paragraph reminds me of Jeff Durbin's apologetics videos that we've watched recently. One of his most compelling arguments for the existence of God is the day-to-day predictability of our universe. It's neat that you bring it up, too!
You refer to people's misperceptions of God. Our society's ideas of "love" and "good" are quite different from God's, and, naturally, He fails to measure up to THEIR expectations. But we are children to Him. And children's perceptions are skewed by their lack of understanding and clouded by selfishness, so that their misinterpret some of their parents' rules and punishments as unfair and mean.
We treasure your fellowship and congratulate you again on publishing your first book!
Thanks Greg - Yes, we misinterpret our parent's intentions when we are children. We need the Father's help to see our past, present, and future clearly. Yes, we do all grow up with skewed perceptions of authority and love. As we mature and grow into mature sons and daughters, we can see the Father's goodness and know His heart. Good thoughts
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