He loves me... He loves me not...

(Part 1 of 4)

Do you remember ever having done that – taking the daisy and pulling off the petals one by one “he loves me, he loves me not…” hoping that you ended up with a ‘he loves me’ petal at the end?

What I’m going to relate here is something that we know, but how deeply we understand it will affect everything about our walk with God.  It is not complicated.  It is simple but at the same time so profound that it can change your entire life forever.  That’s quite a statement don’t you think? - and this is the message - GOD LOVES YOU!!  The Father loves you.  The Son loves you.  The Holy Spirit loves you.

I know that we know that God loves us, but do we really get it ???  We need to really get it !

So we are going to say this out loud, yeah, it’s okay, go ahead say it out loud: 

        The Father loves me.

        Jesus, the son, loves me.

        The Holy Spirit loves me.

I know that for some people it is a very difficult thing to actually say this out loud, because they can’t imagine it’s true because of what they think they've done, or not done and any number of other issues.  We get sidetracked into all kinds of difficulty if this truth (which is already planted in our spirits, in our innermost being) does not get filtered up through the rest of us until it transforms and renews our soul, which is our mind, will and emotions. Let’s say it again: 

        God loves me.

        The Father loves me.

        The Son loves me.

        The Holy Spirit loves me.

        I am loved.

        Nothing can change God’s love for me.

Why is this so important?  Because if you don’t really believe that God loves you, all the time, no matter what, you won’t be able to completely trust Him, you won’t be able to have an intimate relationship with Him and you won’t be able to believe that He will really look after you in everything.

        We must always come back to the basic truth that we cannot earn God’s love.  He loves us just because He does.  Period.

Eph. 3:17-19 - “that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height - to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”

With God we ALWAYS get a “He loves me petal” at the end!