Thursday, July 15, 2021

Pastor's Ponderings, July 15, 2021

God’s Love Is Everlasting


Stevie Wonder wrote a song in 1972 entitled, “You Are The Sunshine Of My Life.”  Some of the lyrics are, “You are the sunshine of my life, That's why I'll always be around, You are the apple of my eye, Forever you'll stay in my heart.”  This song was inspired by Stevie Wonder's wife Syreeta Wright and still remains as an expression of love and devotion.

 

When we think about how much God loves us, the Bible says that we are the apple of His eye (Psalm 17:8 ).  He cares for us, guards us, and shields the apple of His eye (Deuteronomy 32:10).  We are so important to Him that He lovingly gave His only Son so that we could live with Him forever (John 3:16).  

 

This is how God’s love is described in the Bible. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things (1 Corinthians 13:4-7).

 

We live in a world full of hatred, fear, and anxiety.  Although we are surrounded by negativity, we can always look to God’s word and remind us that God is for us and if He is for us, He is more than anything against us (Romans 8:31).  Let us continue to remind ourselves and others that we are the apple of His eye, and His love is everlasting (Jeremiah 31:3).

 

Psalm 17:8

New International Version

Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings

 

Deuteronomy 32:10

New International Version

10 In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye.

 

John 3:16

New International Version

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

 

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

English Standard Version

4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;

it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 

7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

 

Romans 8:31

New International Version

31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

 

Jeremiah 31:3

New International Version

3 The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.


 

 

 

 

 

 

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