True Love?

Christ has never intended to make robots.

He had created us in His image (Gen 2:27). Have you ever wondered why God never really push us to do things? You ask, "God, if You really want me to be holy, why can't you just take away my life and just zap me into heaven."

He wanted to show us what it means by True Love.

When God said, "I love the world (us) so much that He gave His only begotten Son, so whoever believes in Him will not perish but have an everlasting life." He truly meant this statement. Jesus came humbly to earth, leaving His "comfort zone" to be with us and redeem us from the bondage of sin.

Well, you would say that He's a creator of the universe right, why can't He just create a new world, and destroy the earth and its content.

But, God wants to show us a bigger thing. He never failed to keep His promise. And I would like to share something I have learned recently: the meaning of True Love.

Let me start by giving a simple illustration:

A wife had learned to develop a trust for his husband after so many years being together. She said, "I didn't lock my husband away in a room for 365 days, 24-7 so he can't go anywhere or go with other woman.

But, my trust for my husband grows everytime I realize the fact that my husband goes out to a city, where there are so many attractive or beautiful women there, yet he still comes home."

Obviously the story didn't end there, the couple needed to share about their feelings to each other in truth.

She continued, "But, my love for my husband would stop growing if I had stopped from drawing from the well (source of my life), which is Jesus Christ."

God loves His children so much. Sometimes, in times of trouble or when we are angry or confused we tend to say, "God, I don't believe you" or "I don't think you care for me."
God simply respond, "My son or my daughter, I'm here with you. You may not see me now, but I'm here with you all the way, until the end. I hear you when you cry and when you pray."

God loves His children as is. "He wants them to grow from image to image, from glory to glory to be more like Him everyday." (2 Cor 3:18) "Be Holy because I am holy." (1 Peter 1:16)

We know that we have all the temptation in the world coming against us. But, we don't have to follow our fleshly desire, fall into sin and die (James 1:15). I know that all of us have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Rom 3:23) with no exception. But, remember God's promise for us is to bring us back to be with the Father and have fellowship with Him.

We have to make choices daily. One thing I would like to encourage us today: Ask God to reveal His love for you, and start loving Him with all of your heart and mind, believing God that He always keep His promise, "Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you." (Matthew 7:7)

God Bless,

Noel