Tuesday, June 11, 2013

God's Love!


In the seventies Dionne Warwick sang: "What the World Needs Now, is Love, Sweet Love," music by Burt Bacharach.  Dionne thought it should be our national anthem.  We all need love, but we sometimes look for it in the wrong places.  We end up feeling more lonely than before the relationship began.  Maybe it is because we thought we were in love when we were actually in lust.  Maybe it is because we had no commitment.  I have been there.

I know that what the world needs now is God's love.  Since the first time I experienced God's incredible presence for myself, I never wanted to be without it.  I feel God's love when I read the Bible and spend time in prayer because God is love.  God's love is unconditional and forever (agape`).  It gives me security and purpose.  I have hope for the future and peace in this uncertain world. My hope is built on the promise Jesus made when He rose from the dead and ascended into Heaven.  He said He would come again in the same way He left, so all could see.  He said He was going to prepare a place for us and if He went to prepare a place for us, He will certainly come back to take us to be home with Him (John 14:1-4).  Don't think because it has been two thousand years since He said this that it won't happen.  God is taking His time because He desires for everyone to be saved.  The people during Noah's time never thought water would cover the earth, but it did.  In those days it had never rained before the flood.  Water only came up through the ground.  Rain was one of the results of man sinning.  Everybody lives in a time period when something doesn't exist, at first, and then it does (phones [land-lines, cell], microwaves, computers, etc.).  Once we experience God's love, it is actually too much for us to hold on to selfishly.  We have to find ways to share it.  That is what Jesus did.  God wants us to love Him and love each other, and, yes, that even includes our enemies.  In fact, in His Word (the Bible) God commands us to love.  That is what the world needs now. We need to experience God's love every day.  It's the only way out of hopelessness, despair and depression.

If you are reading this truth for the first time, I am praying for you.  You can experience God's love by surrendering your heart to Him.  I waited way too many years before I prayed a simple prayer to invite Jesus into my heart, to live with me and help me live for Him.  But when I did, I felt loved like never before.  I want you to experience that love too.  If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9)  Just pray the following:  "Dear Jesus, I invite to come into my life and be my Lord and Savior.  I believe that You died and rose again so that I would be saved from sin.  Thank you for my salvation in Jesus' name, amen."  If you prayed this prayer for the first time, would you let me know by commenting on this blog.  If you do not have a Bible I want to make sure you get one.   God be with you.

God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16 NIV)

Prayer: Heavenly Father, open the eyes and hearts of people today so they can find truth and meaning to life in Your love in Jesus' name.  Amen.