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3 Ways God’s Love Surpasses Our Own

“And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.” (1 John 3:16)
Let’s examine 3 specific ways that God’s love surpasses our own.
God’s love is enduring and faithful. Ours is temporary.
Human love always has a point of beginning—when a baby is born, when kindred spirits find each other, and when a boy meets a girl. And human love often has an end.
We are pilgrims on this earth, and our love is fragile and fleeting at best. At any moment, tragedy may steal away the ones we love. Or sin may breach our trust and separate us from each other.
Yet God’s love is enduring. As Paul wrote, “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38-39)
Nothing—absolutely nothing—can estrange us from God’s love.
God’s love is unconditional. Ours is conditional.
If you love me, I will love you. But, if you are bad enough, I will stop loving you.
But God’s love is fundamentally different. He loves the respectable and the scandalous; the wealthy and the poor; the sought-after and the rejected.
His love is not based on status, power, or beauty. It is not even based on behaviour.
God loved you and I when we were rebels—ungrateful, irreverent, and self-satisfied.
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)
When we accept God’s salvation by faith, we gain access to the benefits of His love. We are adopted into His family and receive all the blessings and privileges thereof.
As God’s children, we rejoice in the truth that His love is unconditional. He will always love us the same—no matter how we may fail Him, no matter our weakness. He loves us because we are His.
God’s love is extravagant. Ours is limited.
As humans, we are limited by the extent of our pocketbook and the hours in our day. We cannot supply all that we long to pour out on the ones we love.
But God has no such limits. Do His children need resources? He owns the cattle on a thousand hills, the diamonds in a thousand mines, and the stars in a thousand galaxies.
Nor is He limited by time. As Peter wrote, “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” (2 Peter 3:8) God has enough time and attention to love each of us as individuals. He is never too occupied to hear and answer our prayers.
In addition, God’s strength has no limits. “Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.” (Isaiah 40:28) When the road is rough and our feet are weary, God has enough strength to carry us. His strength is always sufficient.
God’s love is extravagantly generous. He does not dole out packets of freeze-dried chicken noodle soup. He doesn’t offer us week-old sandwiches or flat Coca-Cola. Instead, God spreads a lavish feast before us and invites us, “Come and dine.” (John 21:12)
God’s love is far greater than any human love, and He loves you! Rest in His tender love for you today, and trust His heart.
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