Declaring Our Love

 

“I love you, Lord, my strength.”

—Psalm 18:1

Do you remember the first time you summoned the courage to tell the person you were dating that you loved him or her? Did you blurt it out and then freeze, wondering what the object of your love would say?

Maybe you were the recipient of such a declaration of love and it caught you off guard. You were shocked. Your brain went into overdrive trying to find an appropriate response.

Let me ask you a question. How did you feel the first time the Holy Spirit revealed to you that God truly loves you? How did you respond?

I grew up always knowing that God loved me. Raised in an Evangelical Christian home, I literally cannot remember a time when I did not know that God loves me.

In contrast, I do remember the first time—it was October of 1956—when I recognized that I needed God's love. I suddenly knew I was a sinner who needed a Savior. And, God loved me enough to send His Son to pay the penalty for my sin.

I was at once frightened to death and enormously relieved. I needed God’s love and He did truly love me.

You see God has made the first move toward each of us. He has told us He loves us first. He waits patiently to see how we will respond.

Here’s how the Psalmist responded. King David declares his love for God in Psalm 18:1-2:

I love you, Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

God loves us. He waits for our response. How will we receive His love this day? That’s the question for the beginning of this new day.

 

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