GOD'S GREAT LOVE

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." - John 15:13

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." - John 3:16-17

God's love for us is so deep that we have a hard time comprehending it. It reaches down to us through the darkness of this sinful world, even though we are hopelessly undeserving.

The concept of God's love is a subject to which no minister throughout the ages has been able to fully understand or interpret to any congregation. It's a subject that staggers the human imagination and far exceeds man's understanding and full comprehension. Its a subject that can never be satisfactory dealt with because our understanding of it deepens the more, as we spend more time with Him. No man, not even the angels, have a full insight into the love of God over us. It is a love far beyond what the natural mind can conceive or the tongue utter.

Research shows that questions such as: "Can God still love me after I've done this or that?" "Can God really forgive me?" are some of the questions being generated from the churches globally on a rapid increase in the last decade. Records shows that we have more Christians today in the pews who doubt God's love for them than we have ever had throughout church history. We have more people today who are daily throwing in the towel due to a preconceived demonic inspired idea that their sins far outweighs God's love over them today than there has ever been in ages past.

A lady who used to be on fire for God and   active kingdom service once met me and told me a summary of her life, how she has slept with so many boys, committed so many abortions, how she despised her parents and wanted to end her very life. After listening to her, I told her: "Hey relax! God still loves you", and she looked me in the eyes, laughed hysterically and said: "That's not true sir". As we continued speaking, I soon discovered that this very lady had totally retired long ago from going to any church activity for fear that God may one day shot down literal lightening bolts from heaven and destroy her because of how "great" she thinks her sin was.

I once met a brother after an outreach who also had the same problem. At this time he was battling and failing woefully against the spirit of pornography and masturbation. He kept trying all he could but the devil kept ensuring all his efforts were nullified. And so his spiritual story was one of perpetual rising and falling. Although he hated the act initially but after a while he believed the whispers of the devil that God is habitually angry with him and that his sins which are so "great" cannot be forgiven. He believed that he had exceeded the very limits of God's love and grace. And so in frustration, he simply gave up and went full blown into sin. He began chasing women of all sizes, shapes and colors, simply because he gave his ear and rapt attention to the devil and was made to believe that his sins wrre greater than God's love. 

But our text above makes it evidently clear that our sins although many can never outweigh the love and mercies of God over us. God according to scriptures is love personified (1 John 4:8). And he displayed His nature to us when we were totally undeserving of it.

"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans  5:8

All Gods anger as regarding sin were poured on Jesus, He became sin on the cross that we might be made righteous! God isn't angry with us if we fall, but we grieve Him when we refuse to rise up trusting in His love over us.

You may have fallen into the trap of the devil by sinning against God, you may have slept with that lady or boy again, you may have lied, cheated, stole, killed, slandered or done every evil imaginable under the heaven but all that can never stop God from loving you. The love of God has no limits. It is not selfish and it doesn't fail like that of a man.

Whatever be the challenge, don't give up! Always remember and trust in Gods love for you because there's no sins that can ever outweigh His love over your life. Abide in His love and never entertain the condemning thoughts of the adversary. Be conscious of Gods love over you, proclaim it, meditate on it and ensure you don't give any inch of your mind to the devil.

Never forget this: God is madly in love and obsessed with you!