Light Steps: The Love of God is Greater Far than Tongue or Pen Can Tell

Saturday, February 29, 2020

The Love of God is Greater Far than Tongue or Pen Can Tell

Consider God's steadfast love...

"'For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,' says the LORD, who has compassion on you." (Isaiah 54:10 ESV)

These words ought to lift the heart of the saint: "...My steadfast love shall not depart from you..."

If God is for us, who can stand against us? If NOTHING can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord, we ought to be people of settled, humble confidence. (see Romans 8:31-39)

If every single thing crumbles -- if "...the mountains ... depart and the hills be removed..." -- God's love is still with us. It's not a matter of the sight of trouble or the lack of sight of God's presence that proves His love, but that He has promised it shall not depart. His word is true! (And, for we New Testament saints who look BACK at the cross, we know that God so loved that world that He gave His Son... love on massive display, and the work thereof still in effect for all who will believe and receive!)

Further, if the mountains and hills can crumble or be removed and God's love still remain, surely, our troubles can be remove or yet remain and God's love will still stand true. God is able to lift us again and again from the valley!

It is God's love that gives us eternal purpose in life and secure our eternity beyond this life.

It is God's love that gives us compassionate, sacrificial concern for others.

You see, beloved friend, God IS love, and God is, so, being that God is, and that He is love, then love shall remain! The need for hope will pass, for Christ shall come and victory will be complete. The need for faith will at some point be no more, for we shall have sight. But, OH! BUT!!!!! His love shall remain!

God's love is steadfast because God is steadfast. His love is surer than death and taxes. That, dear hearts and loved ones, is reason to rejoice and run the race of faith with fervor today!

Enjoy this song today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6B_jYtjvME

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This Says it for Me!

Every Christian is a contradiction to this old world. He crosses it at every point. He goes against the grain from beginning to end. From the day that he is born again until the day that he goes on to be with the Lord, he must stand against the current of a world always going the other way. God expects him to be "beside himself," "a fool for Christ's sake," "drunk on new wine." If he allows it, men will tone him down, steal the joy of his salvation, and reduce him to the dreary level of the general average. If the devil cannot keep us from being saved, he next endeavors to make average Christians of us, and in this he usually succeeds. He tames the holy recklessness of God's dare-saints until they sink into the drab pattern of most of us, "faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly dull." The devil does not mind our joining church if we behave like most of those who are already inside. But when a real, wide-awake Christian breezes along, taking the Gospel seriously, the devil grows alarmed and begins plotting his downfall. He gets plenty of assistance right in the church, for many church folk do not like to have their Laodicean complacency upset by these who turn the world upside down. So they conspire with Satan to turn the young Christian's fever into a chill. There are always plenty of human wet blankets to smother the zealot's flame, and they have put out more spiritual fires than have all the skeptics and infidels. -- Vance Havner

A Little About Me...

I was born in South Boston, VA, but was raised on the state line in the Person Co., NC - Caswell Co., NC - Halifax Co., VA region. I always tell people you know you are a country boy when your idea of being a "multi-national" means you've been to three counties in your lifetime.

Enough of my geographical meanderings...I became a Christian (ask me about THAT!) at the age of 25 and have done my utmost to serve God since that day. I worked as an associate pastor for 4 1/2 years and now serve in the role of Executive Director of My Life Matters, where I've been since March 2005, and I also serve as the pastor of East Rock Community Church, a church plant, along with fellow elders, Brett Carver & Casey Adams, where we've been since June 2007.

I love to write. I share a devotion in our local paper each week. This blog site is really just an extension of my writing. I really hope to share the Word of God with people...any kind of people, every kind of person. I also do a weekly podcast called "Light Steps Live," which can be found on several platforms.

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