Unconditional Love

Bible reading: 1 John 4:7 – 10

Step 3: We made a decision to turn our lives and our wills over to the care of God.

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship.” (Romans 12:1)

Principle 3: Consciously choose to commit all of my life and will to Christ care and control.

“Happy are the meek.” (Matthew 5:8)

Real love bring security into our lives. For many of us, feelings of insecurity contribute to the power of our addictions. Trusting that love can bring lasting security is hard for those of us who’ve been abandoned. Maybe someone we love betrayed our trust. Perhaps someone turned away from us when we betrayed theirs. It could be that someone we needed died, permanently leaving us.

Jesus promised, “I will not abandon you or leave you as orphans in the storm – I will come to you” (John 14:18). We may ask, “How can I trust in God’s love when it feels like all I’ve ever known is a love that disappoints?” Here’s the difference: Jesus is the only one who entered our lives through the “one-way” door of death. God showed how much He loved us by sending His only Son into this wicked world to bring us eternal life through His death. In this act we see what real love is: it is not our love for God, but His love for us when He sent his Son to satisfy God’s anger against our sins” (1 John 4:9 – 10).  The psalmist wrote, “For He [God] knows we are but dust, and that our days are few and brief.  But the loving kindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting to those who reverence Him.” (Psalms 103:14-17).

God’s love is unconditional and always waiting for us.  Turning our lives over to God involves opening the door of our hearts to His love.  Filling up on God’s love helps us to avoid relapse.  It meets us at our deepest needs and eases our most powerful insecurities.

As we give our lives over to God’s care, He brings healing and love to our hurts and pains.

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