God's Unconditional Love

"So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge - that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." Ephesians 3:17-19

God's love is so deep, so wide; it is so long; it is so high. His love has nothing to do with what you or I can do or say. God loves us because God is love. 

God's love for the nation of Israel was great, even during times when they seemed to reject this love. "The LORD did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. But it was because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to your forefathers that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt." (Deuteronomy 7:7-8) There are at least 13 times recorded that Israel turned its back on God - yet His love for them never faltered. And He loves us in spite of ourselves as well. 

There are many kinds of human love. This love is sometimes sporadic, comes with conditions and can even be temporary. God's love is unconditional, constant, and perfect. We cannot influence God's love. People sometimes attribute circumstances to God's love. If a person seems to do well in all aspects of life, some will say that God must really love that person. On the other hand, a person who seems to be suffering may be viewed as being neglected and unloved by God. Circumstances have nothing to do with the love of God. When looking for a gauge to measure God's love, do not look at circumstances, but look at the cross. 

God's love is everlasting, unconditional and all-encompassing. There is nothing in all creation that can separate us from the love of God. It is always there and all we have to do is believe and receive it.

"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Rom. 8: 38-39