Forever A Love Affair

Simply put, love is a human feeling concerning a personal attachment… This powerful feeling can energize us to do anything including changing the entire course of our life. However, even poets struggle to define the feeling called love. It is like trying to describe our God. Incidentally, love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 1 John 4:7-8 (NLT) What if God had not given us love? We might as well say that He had not given us life because the two are intertwined. This brings us to the greatest love affair of all time because this is the first reason that our God created humans. See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! 1 John 3:1 (NLT) Sometimes worldly people try to claim this love for themselves but it will never happen. The greatest love affair is reserved for people that are born again and obey the commands of our Savior Jesus Christ. This love affair must take place through Jesus, who is the gate to heaven, and He said that anyone trying to get in another way was a thief who would be caught and punished.

Many people believe that a far away Creator probably has some affection for humans. This foggy type of thinking makes God’s love into some spiritual abstract. On the contrary, the Scripture introduces us to someone who is compelled by intense feelings. In other words, our God is very passionate about us. For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 (NLT) Most people have heard this verse but have we considered the idea of giving our own child to die. This act of God certainly shows a serious dedication to His purpose. The many people who refuse to serve God are hurting Him by making the sacrifice of his son null and void in their life and death. Whether we are conscious of it or not, we are involved in the most intimate of all relationships. This unique union is only possible if the Spirit comes to live inside of us. It is crucial that we allow the Spirit to direct this intimate relationship. This means that we must not neglect our receptivity or we lose some intimacy. Intimacy is how love grows.

We are talking about the love of God and this includes all three of the Trinity. The Father is the original and lasting authority, the Son paid the price and is our fountain of life, and the Spirit is the communion and comfort for our relationship. All of this is included when we receive and then learn about the Grace of God. Remember we are involved in a love that will last forever. We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. 1 John 4:16-17 (NLT) This verse leads us to believe that as eternity moves forward we will continue to grow in our love of God. It is beautiful that as time passes we gain more love in our affair with our Creator. Also His love is very specific to each individual. One body is how He views the church but God is dealing with us individually every day. We know this because of the Scriptures and our own experience.

Everything we know about God’s love and his grace is contained in Jesus. The Bible says; Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets. And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe. Heb 1:1-2 (NLT) The importance of the Son cannot be exaggerated. Absolutely everything we have ever heard about God has been given to us through His Son. Jesus gives us all the information but He continually assures us that; the Father himself loves you dearly because you love me and believe that I came from God. Yes, I came from the Father into the world, and now I will leave the world and return to the Father. John 16:27-28 (NLT) Jesus was only here for one short lifetime but He changed the world by giving us a chance to receive the love of God and to live forever by loving Him. We began our love affair on this earth by responding in affection to Jesus and His Spirit. Our delight should continue to be in service to the Savior and communion with Him will portray our total satisfaction with every freedom we enjoy while living in obedience to God.

Jesus said; When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. John 15:10-12 (NLT) Just like other love affairs we should be happier in our relationship with God than with anything else on earth. We do not even have to worry about not reaching God at any time of the day. The Bible says we have two mediators on our behalf. You have come to Jesus, the one who mediates the new covenant between God and people, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks of forgiveness Heb 12:24 (NLT) We also read this; the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will. Romans 8:26-27 (NLT) Our little selves are nearly overwhelmed by the love being poured out in the relationship we have with God.

This fantastic union is also full of power. When a person enters a relationship with God and does not feel God’s power it indicates a lack of faith. They are living in unbelief and this can kill any relationship. Love is completely based on trust. I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 (NLT) Our unbelievable union with God always works and cannot fail if we fill our life with the power of the Spirit. When we sin there is an isolation that crepes into our relationship. Because God is holy every sin drives a little wedge between us and our love for Him. We can imagine what a continuing of sin in our life will do to our love affair. When we are right with the Lord, our service for Him is a happy privilege. This is because we only work as the Spirit is working inside of us. Life is sweet when the Spirit is allowed to set us aside for God and work His comfort in us. This is the connection that gives the promises of God such wonderful meaning to our life. Seek your everlasting love affair today.