Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. | ||
| Song of Solomon 8:7 | ||
| “Love will persevere,” says the bride. “But if a person tries to buy love, it will be condemned.” Church, rejoice in the fact that the Lord has you on His heart and upon His shoulders. Challenges will come in your relationship, but love will overcome. And yet if you try to buy His love, that love will be condemned. Don’t try to buy the Lord’s love. Don’t say, “The Lord must really love me today because I had devotions for an hour. What a day this is going to be! I really earned God’s love today.” That kind of love is useless because it is based upon your works instead of His grace. “Then why have devotions?” you ask. Because we love our Lord and want to spend time with Him. We gain strength in His presence and receive understanding. But we’re not trying to prove or earn a greater love. Did you know that if you had devotions every day this week for seven hours the Lord wouldn’t love you any more than if you didn’t have devotions at all? Now, if you have devotions for seven hours, there will inevitably be a glow on your face and strength in your heart. You would be changed - but God’s love for you would not be affected because His love for you is not based upon your actions. It is based solely upon His own nature. That is why Paul wrote that nothing shall separate us from His love (Romans 8:38-39). Don’t work for God’s love, gang. Don’t try to deserve it. Just enjoy it! Pastor Jon Courson | ||
