The Sustaining Power of God’s Love – November 25, 2001
In trying times there’s no more reassuring feeling than to know that God is in control and that His love for us is real. God’s love can provide the hope and encouragement we need to face our challenges and move forward with our lives.
God’s love for us is not diminished by the evil actions of others, nor is it frightened away by times of fear and uncertainty. He knows that our saddest or most challenging days are when we most feel the need for divine help. And often such personal struggles enable us to better comprehend the depth of God’s love, and to recognize how completely we depend on Him.
Accepting the Lord as our guide does not guarantee that all of life’s paths will be easy or smooth; however, He’ll walk with us every step of the journey, offering us the solace and the strength we need to endure. We’re promised that our loving Heavenly Father will continue to give good gifts to His children, if we follow Him.1
The Apostle Paul said “neither death, nor life . . . nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any . . . creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God.2
Knowing that God’s love for us is real and unchanging can calm the storms of life and bring meaning amid uncertainty. God will not forget us or forsake us. In this we have peace—a peace that comes from knowing that the world and its affairs remain in the loving and all-powerful hands of Him who created it in the beginning.
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1. See Luke 11:11-13.
2. Romans 8:38,39.