FAITH CAPSULE: God invested more of His love in all, but all extend less of love to Him.
John 3
The love of God for His creation is amazing grace.
God is not partial because He is a perfect creator.
What He says to one speaks to all.
God said to the Israelites, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, says the Lord…” (Jeremiah 29:11-14)
God wants peace for all; He wants a hopeful future for all; He wants the attention of all by communicating with all; He wants all to seek Him constantly.
The love of God is evident as John 3:16-17 records, “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.”
The point here is that God invested so much love overall, but man extends less love to Him.
After many years of privileged life which the Lord God bestows on you, how much are you extending to Him?
The caring love of God is glaring as David was curious to ask, “When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon, and the stars, which You have ordained, What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?” (Psalm 8:3-4)
Do you love God that has a love for His word?
To love the word of God is a demonstration of love for God.
To love God demands walking in the ways of God.
Deuteronomy 5:33 states, “You shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.” Walking in all the ways of God is with love for God, seeking God first.
Seek God to experience the fullness of your desire by God.
Matthew 6:33-34 records, “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”
A better way to seek God is by praising Him to glorify Him, by thanking Him for magnifying Him.
Make your moment a season of constant thanksgiving.
Prayer for today: Ask that you shall have the desire to live life for God.