“He made their hearts and understands everything they do.” Psalm 33:15
God’s love for us was expressed through His creation, our existence, and through His Son Jesus Christ. Christ’s love for us was shown through His death, burial and resurrection, and not that we deserve or should even need any more proof; He gave it to us anyway by giving us the gift of mercy, grace, and by loving us despite what He knows about us.
Before we start I find it very important that you understand Jesus loves us no matter what, but He does not approve of our deliberate sinning. We will pay for the choices of our actions. Therefore, we must keep in mind that yes we are loved undoubtedly by the Lord, but that does not give us an excuse to sin, because sin is unacceptable to the Lord.
A letter from Paul,
When I followed the Jewish religion, I deliberately sought out Christians to violently persecute. I uttered every threat possible. I was eager to destroy the Lord’s followers. I was a Jewish law follower to the core and when that law was broke I was the first to make sure people were punished for it, especially those who followed Jesus. I went to great lengths to follow the old traditions of my religion.
“But then something happened! For it pleased God in his kindness to choose me and call me, even before I was born! What undeserved mercy!” Galatians 1:15
He created our hearts and He understands everything we do. He knew my heart and He knew that I was blind to love. He also knew that I would surrender and follow hard after Him. And it would be Christ who would instill that within me. I just did my part and it began with understanding who Christ truly was, which opened my eyes to love, when I saw Christ I saw love.
I was rotten through and through but Christ saw something more. He sees something more in each of you. God, when He looks at you He sees Jesus, but only if you have asked Jesus to live within you. There is nothing more beautiful than Christ’s love and there is nothing greater than when our hearts experience and see His love first hand. I know that He has shown each of you His love in a special way and I hope that you have absorbed it and not pushed it aside. May the God of love and peace be with you.
A Servant of Christ,
Paul
Jesus You created our hearts and You love us regardless of what You see. Like Paul says ‘What undeserved mercy.’ Thank You for such tremendous love. Amen
