Devotion:
Read 1 John 4:7-12.
The writer, likely the Apostle John, had listened and learned from Jesus Christ while he was on earth. Now John is passing Christ’s central teaching about love on to us. It is simple yet, at times, so hard to grasp. Do you love me? We ask God. We ask because today we have been crabby or maybe angry, or just out of sorts.
We are good at list keeping. It’s easy to keep our own score. Yesterday I lost my temper, or today I managed to put up with the boss with a good attitude, or later I snapped at a co-worker. Or forgot to read my Bible.
We are good at keeping tabs on ourselves. But that kind of list-keeping isn’t love. God’s love burns our lists. His love looks at everything we are and everything we’ve done and chooses to purposefully love us through it all. Because nothing can disqualify us from how Jesus loves us - He loves us no matter what!
Personal Worship Option:
Whatever list of things you’ve done that make you think you’re unworthy of being loved - throw the list away. All of it. Receive the grace that God gives.
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