Think About God's Love

It’s essential for us to think about God’s love today because it
is only his love that can grant us the joy that will strengthen our
hearts, the courage that will embolden us in our fight against sin,
and the assurance that will enable us to open up our lives to him
so that he might deal powerfully with our unbelief and idolatry. If
we’re not completely convinced that his love is ours right now—
fully and unalterably ours—we’ll always hide in the shadows,
focusing on our performance, fearing his wrath. Prayer will be
hard because we won’t want to approach him or be transparent
before him. Witnessing will be a chore, for who would want to
talk to others about a god who is demanding, angry, or cold? If
we don’t consciously live in the light of his love, the gospel will
be secondary, virtually meaningless, and Jesus Christ will fade
into insignificance. Our faith will become all about us, our
performance,and how we think we’re doing, and our
transformation will be hindered. - Elyse Fitzpatrick