Tag: love

Revealed Review: Creator, Holy, Love

In this devotion we are looking at different natures, qualities of God. Although we are separating these qualities to study and explore them, it is crucial to remember that God is complete and undivided. Each aspect of God is always present and always at work. They cannot be separated from each other as he breathes, moves, and speaks.

This week is purposefully set aside to let the last 12 weeks digest, while considering how these three characteristics of God—Creator, Holy, and Love—work, interlock together. To help get you started, consider these questions: How does Creator God reveal his holy and loving nature? In what ways is love the driving force in creation? Why is holiness a crucial part of our redemption and discipleship?

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Revealed Week 11, Steadfast Love

The ram God provided for Abraham to sacrifice on Mt. Moriah foretold love’s greatest moment. For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16). Generations passed between this shadow of love to come and its fruition—Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. Meanwhile, since God is love (1 John 4:8, 16), he demonstrated through the ages its—his—expansive nature.

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Love Lives Here

I hung this sign (pictured) next to the mirror in my bathroom as a reminder not to torture myself with criticisms or comparisons. At the very least, I start and finish my day at that mirror so it’s fairly important to take some authority over my thoughts in that place. I choose love. Not vain, self-centered love. The kind of love that doesn’t argue with what God made. The kind of love that grows from being rooted in God’s perfect love. The kind of love that sees past the fading and temporary — not only for myself but for others.

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No Price Too Big

I keep thinking about, as self-centered as it may be, the price tag that was on my life. It didn’t matter how much it was, there was no price too steep for God. There was no price he wouldn’t pay for my life. When he considered the costs, Jesus said, “You are so worth it.” Before the foundations of the world God said, “Oh yeah, I’m willing to pay that ransom because I want her with me forever. I love her.”

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