Day 27
Bible Text: Jeremiah 31:3
“Long ago the Lord said to Israel: 'I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.'"
Your Father says, “I HAVE loved you," not “maybe someday down the road," but TODAY, already activated and in place. He says, “ I have loved you with an EVERLASTING love," a love that lasts forever with no end. His love for you never trails off, never runs out of steam, or gets revoked. It’s everlasting. He loves you with an “unfailing love”, which speaks to his character - faithful. His love is never based on one’s performance toward him, how good or bad, faithful or faithless, for HIS love is always faithful. With unfailing love, he has “drawn you to himself,” embracing you, like the most wonderful, earthly father (times a billion) does for his child. He’s not loving you from afar, but up close and intimately. Notice he is doing the initiating, always extending his love towards you, drawing you close and embracing you. That’s just who he is.
Today is a good day, to BE LOVED. Let yourself be completely and entirely loved, to the core. Let him wipe away your tears, heal your hurts, forgive your sins, and wash away your regrets. This may be a new experience for you, this language may make you uncomfortable. It’s OK, he knows. He knows you very well, for he formed you within your mother, and even knew you before you were even conceived, and loved you then, and loves you entirely now. You don’t have to jump through hoops or get your act together first, to become more “lovable.” Forget that. Let him love you today with an everlasting, unfailing, drawing-you-close kind of love.
That’s what the prophet Jeremiah predicted, and that’s what Jesus came to accomplish and establish. It’s an historic event - for you. Today. Will you let him?
Prayer: Father, I receive your love today. I will let myself relax in your arms, and rest in the strength of your love. Help me not to resist, or squirm away, but receive all that Jesus accomplished for me on the cross. I pray for my family, my friends, my neighbors, my coworkers, that each of them would receive your unfailing love as well. I want this more than anything. In Jesus’ name.
By Pastor Kevin Schuessler
“Long ago the Lord said to Israel: 'I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.'"
Your Father says, “I HAVE loved you," not “maybe someday down the road," but TODAY, already activated and in place. He says, “ I have loved you with an EVERLASTING love," a love that lasts forever with no end. His love for you never trails off, never runs out of steam, or gets revoked. It’s everlasting. He loves you with an “unfailing love”, which speaks to his character - faithful. His love is never based on one’s performance toward him, how good or bad, faithful or faithless, for HIS love is always faithful. With unfailing love, he has “drawn you to himself,” embracing you, like the most wonderful, earthly father (times a billion) does for his child. He’s not loving you from afar, but up close and intimately. Notice he is doing the initiating, always extending his love towards you, drawing you close and embracing you. That’s just who he is.
Today is a good day, to BE LOVED. Let yourself be completely and entirely loved, to the core. Let him wipe away your tears, heal your hurts, forgive your sins, and wash away your regrets. This may be a new experience for you, this language may make you uncomfortable. It’s OK, he knows. He knows you very well, for he formed you within your mother, and even knew you before you were even conceived, and loved you then, and loves you entirely now. You don’t have to jump through hoops or get your act together first, to become more “lovable.” Forget that. Let him love you today with an everlasting, unfailing, drawing-you-close kind of love.
That’s what the prophet Jeremiah predicted, and that’s what Jesus came to accomplish and establish. It’s an historic event - for you. Today. Will you let him?
Prayer: Father, I receive your love today. I will let myself relax in your arms, and rest in the strength of your love. Help me not to resist, or squirm away, but receive all that Jesus accomplished for me on the cross. I pray for my family, my friends, my neighbors, my coworkers, that each of them would receive your unfailing love as well. I want this more than anything. In Jesus’ name.
By Pastor Kevin Schuessler
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