GOD'S LOVE DEMONSTRATED.

DAILY DEVOTION.

DAY TEN.

ROMANS 5:8.   But God demonstrated His own love towards us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
This is quite an amazing statement, It shows us that there was absolutely nothing that we could do to earn God's love. In actual fact Christ died before we were even born. So how does this work? We know that through the fall of Adam we all inherited sin from him, in says in Romans five that through one man, that being Adam, we all died. Through one mans obedience, Jesus, we can all be made alive again and come back into relationship with God as our heavenly Father. So when we consider this fact, that even before we were born, Christ had died, to not only bring us back into relationship with God, but everyone who lived before us and everyone else who will live after us, it shows us how amazing the love and the grace of God really is. Consider what David said in Psalm 139. David shows us in this Psalm that there is not one single thing that God does not know about him. Even down to the point that God knows what thoughts David is going to have before he thinks them. That David cannot get away from God's presence, does not matter where he goes God will be there, David admits that this is all too much for him, he can't understand it. He does go on to say that he realises how great God's work is, even in his own creation, He said, "I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are your work, that my soul knows very well." He acknowledged that even before he was born God knew all his days, that they were written in God's book. He sees the value in the thoughts that God has about him and that it is not possible to number them and that God will never leave him and be there as soon as he wakes. David also recognises  his own weakness when he asks God to search him and reveal if there are any ways in him that are contrary to God. When we read this Psalm in light of what we know about David's life it really is quite amazing. So even before God chose David to be king He already knew what David was going to do. He was already aware of how David would fall. In Acts 13:22 we see this statement about David; "And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, "I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will." Wow, despite all his failings, God said that about David. God sees the end from the beginning. We can take great heart from this, God sees you and I in the same light as David. He knows every thing that there is to know about you. He knows you better than you know yourself. So is there a better person to entrust our lives to? I don't think so. God looked down through the annuls of eternity, saw you and me and said that we were worth sending His own Son to die for, because He sees the end from the beginning, the same as He did with David. Let us always remember that there is absolutely nothing in this world, whether material or spiritual that can separate us from the love of God. "For God so loved the world, that includes you and me, that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever, we are a "whoever", believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." You know that there is absolutely nothing that you can do to make God love you any more than He does right now. His love is perfect, His love is complete, His love is eternal. You know, we are no longer bound by legal obligation, but rather we are held in the arms of a loving Father. Let us learn to just rest in His arms and allow Him to minister His love into our lives. When we know the love of God, which passes our natural understanding, it takes away all the need for us to strive and to try and prove ourselves worthy, we know that God loves us, despite ourselves, and we are able to serve Him with a greater passion and desire to see His will established in our lives and in our world.