“I died so you can have life and have it more abundantly.”
Facing adversity may cause you to believe God has removed His love from you. Nothing can be further from the truth.
The love of Christ never falters or ceases to flow into your life.
You may not be able to grasp the love of Christ because of strong emotions or feelings of being abandoned by Christ. The truth is you will never be separated from the love of God.
God does not want you to feel His love. He wants you to accept His love by faith.
We tend to measure the love of Christ by our successes in life. In doing this you are relating to Christ by your emotions and not by His Word.
At times, God chooses to withdraw His blessings from your life but you cannot interpret this as sign He does not love you. The enduring love of Christ is at work in ways you cannot understand.
The love of Christ is not related to your emotions and cannot be perceived by your emotions. Your emotions will betray you but the Word of God will never fail you.
When you feel like God has left you stranded out in the cold this is probably the strongest affection of His love for you.
The ups and downs of life have no effect on the love of Christ. God’s purpose is to strengthen your faith and cause you to be deeply rooted in Him. He wants your loyalty above all else.
Your emotions come and go but Christ never changes. He accomplishes His purposes through His Word.
The love of Christ will never fail you but it comes through testing and believing in the promises of God when there is nothing evident to support His presence in your life.
You may feel unloved by Christ but this is the very moment He is doing a precious work in your life!
Hal Hollister Ministry 