God Is Love

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today

 October 30, 2025

God Is Love

We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.

1 John 4:16 

Our question from yesterday’s meditation returns today: How different would our life be if we actually believed God is love? I believe this is an essential question that will help us build a firm foundation for our life in Christ. If we believe God is love, can we see how this will help us understand every aspect of our life. Brennan Mannings helps us here. Remember yesterday Manning asked, “Do you honestly believe that God likes you?" He goes on to assert, “If you could answer, "The Father is very fond of me," there would come a relaxedness, a serenity and a compassionate attitude toward yourself that is a reflection of God’s own tenderness.” (I think I first read this story in Manning’s book, Ruthless Trust)

Can you see how true belief changes our lives? As we come to grasp God’s complete love and care for us, our lives relax, and we now have a serene and compassionate attitude toward ourselves that reflects God’s own tenderness for us. Our new, Christ like, attitude invites us to reflect on the verse quoted above. What does it mean, in my life, that God is love? It can only mean that ALL that God is, is love. EVERY decision God makes, is rooted in His love. EVERY thought God has for me, and you, are completely grounded in love. In God there is no evil, nor bitterness, no cruelty. Just love. Pure, vast, passionate love.

My Takeaway: Our life in Christ is training in righteousness. (2 Timothy 3:16) Our training is made effective when we are grounded in the truth, God is LOVE.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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