How Great is the Love

I'll tell you, it is soooooo great, at times it is hard to comprehend. I often ask, "who am I that you should love me so, Lord?" Really, who am I? When I think about some of the poor descisions I have made in my own life, I stand in awe at the relentless love He has had for me through it all. His love is as sure to me as the air I breathe. He does lavish us with His love...why? because we are is His children. Let that sink in, really think about.

Now in the same way that He loves us we are to love one another. Pay close attention to verse 3:18, it says, "let us not love with words or tongue but with ACTions and in truth." There are three elements contained within this verse. How many times has someone told you they loved you but their actions did not seem to match their words? Lets take this a step further, supose someone says they love you and they take action that would indicate that they do love you, but still something just doesn't jive. Maybe it is because they have done it and said it but they did not do it from a heart of truth. Where does a heart of truth come from? Jesus said that He is the way, the truth and the life. If Jesus is not the very core of the heart then it does not matter what one says or does because it is not coming from a heart of truth...there is worldly love and there is heavenly love. If Jesus resides in the heart and one tries to so something that does not align with the word of God, the heart will condemn us. Why? because it is going against the truth. "This is how we know that we belong to the truth, (Jesus) and how we set our hearts at rest in His presence whenever our hearts condemn (say somebody or something is bad: to state that somebody or something is in some way wrong or unacceptable) us."  "God's heart is so much greater than ours, he knows everything." It is God's heart that knows the core of our hearts, if the heart is condemning us, letting us know that something is unacceptable, God knows it and He brings peace to that heart of truth in His presence.

We will not be condemned (give somebody legal sentence: to make a judicial pronouncement stating what punishment has been imposed on a person found guilty of a crime, especially in the case of a heavy penalty or a death sentence) because the heart of truth will not allow it, the heart of truth will do what pleases God. See verses 21-24...

Do you need to invite Jesus (the truth) into your heart today? Take Action & Invite him in...Speak the following prayer with me if it is in your heart to do so and you have not already invited Him in.

Lord Jesus come into my heart today, right now. Bring your truth and peace that I may live a life that pleases my heavenly Father. I need you, I have done wrong in my life and I know that you gave your life for me to cover over those wrong things that I have committed against myself, others and you. I believe that there is no other name under heaven to which I can come for the salvation I seek. You first loved me and now I want to love you back. I want our hearts to become one that I may know you and that through your Holy Spirit you will guide me into all truth. In your name Jesus I ask and believe...

If you invited the Lord into your heart through this prayer, write down this date and keep it in your heart and written in your Bible...Today is your "Heart of Truth" birthday and it is a sacred day...the heavenly hosts are rejoicing on your behalf and so am I...