Psalm 31:7 “I am overcome with joy because of your unfailing love, for you have seen my troubles, and
you care about the anguish of my soul.”
From Dictionary.com “excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain”
Synonyms: agony, torment, torture!
Okay, so obviously, ANGUISH; not such a good thing! So Jesus cared to the highest possible degree; he
cared and shared in our suffering when He took our sins upon himself and bore our shame as His own.
You might think, well, if He could do that, if He could really take all our sins and wash us clean, then why
put us through all this suffering on earth? One answer can be found in John 16:33…
“Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
Okay, so it’s like God (through Jesus) is saying, “I guarantee you will fall, you will be in trouble (probably
most of the time), and you will face things you don’t necessarily want to. But be assured, take comfort,
because I know what I’m doing. I am your master guide to getting through life.” Let’s say for example,
that you are a video game newbie (like me) and you don’t wanna die in the first three seconds of the
game; are you gonna enlist a mediocre player to help you? Or are you going to get the guy who has the
top score and knows the game inside out? It’s the same way with God! SIDENOTE: Ben Franklin left one
thing out when he said there were two things certain in life; he left out “screwing up”. There’s death,
taxes, and screwing up!”
So why the suffering??? There’s no joy in love if there’s no trials. When you ladies (and men) watch
romance movies, you can pretty much count on the fact that there’s going to be some sort of trial, that
the two characters are required to overcome sort of circumstance in order to get to their happy ending!
(Princess Bride anyone?)It wouldn’t be a good movie without that! Who wants to witness a love story
that’s perfect from the get-go, their lives are fine and dandy, and then they die without any problems
whatsoever?! They have accomplished nothing. My theory is that their love dies with them because
there’s no joy in love if there are no trials! The same could be said for just life in general. When the
world, when people, when circumstances FAIL you, His love will not. Kinda the whole point of “unfailing
love”, you know? The world, our lives, WE are imperfect so that HE can be the perfect “thing” for
us. “Love is made perfect in your weakness.” I mean, He’s perfect all on his own, but he purposely
called us to be His children because He wants to see us grow, fail, trip up, and turn to Him as our Father
at all times. In John 17:11 when He’s in the garden on the eve of his crusifiction and He’s praying Jesus is
saying, “Holy Father, keep them and care for them.” He didn’t say, “God show ‘em who’s boss!” or “Go
get ‘em dad!” Keep and care! That’s love people just in case you didn’t know…
Song..”You stay the same through the ages, Your love never changes. There may be pain in the night,
but joy comes in the morning. And when the oceans rage, I don’t have to be afraid, cuz I know that You
love me and Your love never fails” That’s it in a nutshell. That’s the point!
So WE FAIL BUT GOD’S LOVE DOESN’T!
How can we be certain God won’t just take it back and decide there’s too many reasons for Him not
love us and then changes His mind?
We certainly see a lot of that kind of love in our lives today, so why not? Well, God isn’t human for one
thing…
Romans 8:38 “And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can’t, and
life can’t. The angels can’t, and the demons can’t. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow,
and even the powers of hell can’t keep God’s love away. Whether we are high above the sky or in the
deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is
revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
ONCE HE’S IN OUR HEARTS, HE’S THERE FOREVER! Unfailing love= never-ending, never regretting, ever-
present, conquers all things, IT’S THE STRONGEST THING OUT THERE IN HEAVEN AND EARTH!
So I encourage you guys to simply talk to God, show Him how grateful you are for His love every day,
and when you screw up or something bad happens think about these words from C.S. Lewis:
“To what will you look for help if you will not look to that which is stronger than yourself?”-C.S. Lewis J
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