In the midst of your struggles, do you ever think that God is ready to give up on you? When you stumble and fail do you sometimes feel that God is frustrated by what you feel is your inadequacy? Do miscarriages, missteps and loss make you think that God sees you as an incompetent disappointment? There are many within the Body of Christ that find themselves living a demoralized, defeated life by this kind of misguided thinking.
Let me speak some truth to you. When you feel as though you are on top of the world, God loves you. When you feel as though the world is on top of you, God still loves you. When you are reveling in triumphant God loves you. When you are debased and vanquished God still loves you. In an imbalanced world surrounded by a cosmos of change the love of God is the greatest eternal fixed force in all of creation.
There is no question whether God wants us to live a satisfying life with goodness as the standard. The word of God abounds with examples of God’s love for us. A God who would forget us and abandon us in our time of need would not be deserving of our praise or worship.
The main reason that we doubt is because of the impish mischief-maker that whispers lies and deceit into our ears attempting to convince us that we are not worthy of God’s love. He uses every trespass and transgression of our lives (no matter how minuscule in nature) to tell us that we are insignificant and shameful, undeserving of God’s adulation. It is at these times that we must be reminded that we have an advocate in Christ Jesus who loved us enough to lay down His life for our iniquity. By His sacrifice on Calvary He abolished, removed, and rescinded the debt that we owed for our sin. The love of God is not dependent on us. It is dependent on the promises in His Word, and His Word never fails.
Romans 5:8 God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 8:37-39 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 2:11 tells us that God does not show favoritism. God does not have selected favorites, we are all His favorites. When the enemy is lying to you, telling you that you are unworthy, be reminded that God loves you as much as He loves Moses, Isaiah, Elijah or any of the great patriarchs of the Bible. In Christ you are a modern-day ancestor of a holy line of saints washed in the blood of the Lamb, worthy of God’s love, care, grace and compassion.
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Darrell Creswell - A Study of Christian Grace 
Always love your posts. Glad I follow the feed.
Thank you Richard, glad I follow yours too. I was on your page at http://richardbaris.wordpress.com/ for 20 minutes and had not even touched the surface of all the info available. Great informative site – Blessings Darrell
Amen and Amen! Thanks for the reminder!
Thank you Mary – May the love of Christ surround your heart -In Christ Darrell
I always tell everyone I’m God’s favorite, tied with everyone else. Thanks for the scriptures.
You are God’s favorite Larry 😉 Blessings Darrell
This post came at a point when I really needed it. Thanks.
Thank you Jeffrey – BTW don’t let a 2 Star rating from one single review bother you as there were two 5 out of 5 to show the quality of your work 🙂 I listened to the clip from your book at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/300334 and was riveted by it. I thought it was areal news story at first – cant wait to read the whole thing – Blessings Darrell
I woke up at 345 am overwhelmed with life and all the heavy issues surrounding us on all sides. Thank you for this reminder in my worn out and overwhelmed state of mind.
I get that way sometimes to and just have to lie back and settle into the comfort of His grace. There is always solace there -Blessings Darrell
Thank you Darrell for another very good message, Just what I need to sent to my sister, but could not find the right words. Blessings to you and Gracie.
Thank you Belinda, glad that I could be of help. That blesses me greatly -Blessings to you in Christ Darrell
I love how you said, ‘When you feel as though you are on top of the world, God loves you. When you feel as though the world is on top of you, God still loves you.’ He love ~ constant and unchanging. thanks
Thanks for sharing Sue – I am soooo glad that His love is a constant in all of our lives – What a blessing 🙂 Darrell
Amen!
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Thank you Darrell, your heart always touches mine and I’m sure anyone else’s who knows and believes God’s Truth. Jesus died for us and that makes us worthy, no not in our flesh that must be put to death because no matter how much we try we can’t earn God’s Love, He Loved us first and before we were Born but He chose us to be conformed into the image of Jesus knowing that we would choose Him, not because we have to but because we want to and when we do we will understand just how much He Loves us, He is Love and can do no evil. 1Corinthans2:9-16
I believe if I had been alive when Paul was, he would not have been able to claim that he was the worst of sinners but then until we all say that about ourselves we will not humble ourselves and come to True heart repentance, when we break one Commandment we have broken them all. I’m not proud of the evil I have done that hurt God and others, like Paul and King David I have grieved greatly.
But this does not mean I live in guilt and despair now, I have been redeemed by my beloved Redeemer, from my past sins, I have been forgiven and they were taken away as far as the east is to the west and God chooses not to remember them anymore and I have been restored and set free, so now I can choose not to sin and so I will not sin as I’m empowered by The Holy Spirit not to, I don’t want to hurt my Lord and King or anyone else again.
Am I perfected in Love yet, No the same as Paul said he had not yet been perfected or had achieved the goal at one time in his Christian walk but he said he was aiming for it and so am I and like Paul and other Christians throughout the ages, I will reach the goal of my Salvation before I die physically, how do I know because God tells us we will and He does not lie.
I wrote on a Thank you Post about being God’s Priceless Treasure (see link below ) He tells us that He knows those who are His and no matter how broken and trampled on we are, how dark with sin we were, we are still worthy, I am worthy, you are worthy Darrell and all who call on His Name in Truth are worthy, why because God tells us we are and He does not lie.
Blog Post – http://freedomborn.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/thank-you-and-gods-priceless-treasure/
Thank you Darrell – Christian Love from both of us – Anne
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Hi Guys,
I am glad to see you here again. Anne, I always appreciate the great insight that you share with me and my readers. Thanks for the link- Blessings in Christ Darrell
Reblogged this on Freedomborn … Set Free Eternally and commented:
Thank you Darrell, although God wants us to walk in Holiness and He will empower us to do so as we choose to because we Love Him, He is also Loving and Compassionate and is always there to rescue us and when we call to Him in heart repentance, He forgives and restores us, thank you for the balance that you always share…..Christian Love and gratefulness from us both -Anne
Where can we go that God is not with us? God is not the problem, we are, when we shut Him out of our lives, rejecting His love. The truth of His amazing love must be instilled in believers who are still captivated by the enemy’s lies and reminders are worth repeating. May I reblog?
Thanks.for your loving service.
Blessings
Evelyn
I love to share on CB thank you for the invitation 🙂 Blessings to you in the love of God – Thanks Evelyn -Darrell
Yes He loves us so much!!! Thank you for a reminder of His great love!
Thanks for stopping by and sharing. I love your idea of writing a thank you card to Jesus every day http://lilyboat.me/2013/07/16/it-was-you-jesus/. Great article – Blessings Darrell
Darrell, I loved your treatise on Gods love, it was spot on, Yes for Gods love is omnipresent, its abundant, its unconditional, everlasting, free to all, so I guess in other words ,you could say,its ‘perfect’.
Blessings
Ron
Perfect is the best word that we can use to define God’s love which is beyond our comprehension 🙂 Thanks Ron – Blessings – Darrell
This is great, Darrell. Thanks for sharing your heart with us so eloquently. My favorite line:
Thank you Sarah – Blessings Darrell
Oops, I hit submit by accident! Anyway, my favorite line is:
” In Christ you are a modern-day ancestor of a holy line of saints washed in the blood of the Lamb, worthy of God’s love, care, grace and compassion.”
Thanks Sarah – I loved your piece on Mountain Climbing at http://mrsmendiola.wordpress.com/ – “On top of the world Ma” 🙂 In Christ Darrell
Oh thanks very much!
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Reblogged this on Why Stay The Same When We Can Grow! and commented:
I think you will enjoy this entry by Darrell – be encouraged, friends!
Inspiring post that gives us a sense of comfort and assurance that despite of all the things that we go through, there’s God and his abundant love. A love that gives us the strength to overcome all odds.
Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing, Blessings to you in the name of our Lord, In Christ Darrell
Life lately has been tough for me and my family. These words holds so true when you said, ” When you feel as though you are on top of the world, God loves you. When you feel as though the world is on top of you, God still loves you. When you are reveling in triumphant God loves you. When you are debased and vanquished God still loves you.”
We all go through rough times, God knows that I have had more than my share. Stay the course as God is a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him – May He richly bless you. I will hold you up in my prayers- Darrell
Nice reading about you
Thanks for visiting my blog. Be in touch. Browse through the category sections, I feel you may find something of your interest.
I will do – Blessings to you – Darrell
thank you sir
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to God be the glory for all the things He has done! many people we say give The Lord Praise be when I read your message on an INSTRUMENT OF GOD I could feel the presence of His Love speaking from the computer, than you for wanting to make God Awesome because He is the only Awesome ONE!!! STAY STRONG IN Jesus NAME….vjmoore
Thanks for stopping by to share – God is awesome indeed 🙂 Be blessed in the name of our Lord- In Christ Darrell
Reblogged this on Tricia's Journal Jots Blog and commented:
Very encouraging post from Darrell Creswell.