As Christians, most of us pray that God will help us to love others as He loves them, and see others as He sees them, and I'm reminded often how short I come of this myself.
God knows every detail of each person's life, not one moment of our lives are missed in His sight. He knows our heartache, pain, sadness, happiness, joy and every other aspect of our lives along with the things that affect us, even better than we do. Nobody knows each one of us on that level better than God!
It makes perfect sense that He would want us to commune with Him in everything, to share our happiness and our shortcomings, our trials, and tribulations our joys, our questions and concerns with Him as we ask Him to guide us through everything that we face in life.
How much does God love us?
"But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth." Psalms 86:15
Because He knows every detail about you and me, He knows what makes us tick. He knows what angers us, and what fills our hearts with joy.
"O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever."Psalms 136:26
Because we are all "works in progress," as we go from faith to faith and glory to glory, His mercy continuously endures. He knows what needs to be purged and changed in each of us. He loves us at a level that we cannot even begin to fathom.
Think about it, if we knew each thought, each feeling and each motivation involved in every situation, there would be a complete understanding, there wouldn't be battles and gossip, there wouldn't be hatred or misunderstandings.
We can't know all of these things, not even when it involves those closest to us. But God does! He knows every detail about each and every one of us.
Life can be lonely and cruel at times, as we all know. But one thing that we can be certain of is that we are never alone.
God loves us more than we can comprehend and He is always there in the midst of it with us.
"Who shows no partiality to princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?"Job 34:19
Even when we go through times where we feel completely unloved. He loves us without partiality.
The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. Zephaniah 3:17
What a wonderful and loving God we serve, He saves us, gives us rest in His love, and He even rejoices over us with singing!
How incredible it is to even consider that!
"Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom."Luke 12:32
Think about this for one minute. As we draw near to God and seek Him in all our ways, it is His pleasure to give us the Kingdom!!!
Not only does He lead us and guide us, not only does He give us the eyes and ears to see so that we can walk in His will and abide in Him, but He looks for the desire in us, that we want to be near Him and seek Him with all our hearts mind and strength, and it's His pleasure to give those who seek Him with their whole hearts, His Kingdom.
How much does God love us?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
He loves us that much!
"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."2 Peter 3:9
Father God, help us to love others as You love us and to see others as You see them, and give us a compassionate heart so that we can love others as You love us.
Thank you for reading. The art is mine, not the greatest but hopefully conveyed the message that we are never alone. And that God is with us every step of the way.
September 16-2017