5 Things You May Have Never Considered About God’s Love

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The Bible tells us “God is love” (1 John 4:8). But how can we begin to understand that truth? There are many passages in the Bible that give us God’s definition of love. One great example and well known verse Is John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.” God sacrificed His only Son so that we, who put our faith in His Son, will not spend eternity separated from Him. This is an amazing love, because we are the ones who choose to reject God, yet it’s God who mends the separation through His intense personal sacrifice. What’s also so great about God’s love is the fact that it’s unconditional. It’s not based on feelings or emotions. He doesn’t love us because we’re loveable or because we make Him feel good. He loves us because He is love. While many of us know from Scripture that “God is love” and that His love is unconditional, there are aspects of His love that we often don’t think about or forget. Here are five things you may have never considered about God’s love.

His Love is Unbreakable

Nothing in all creation, in time, or space can alter the love that God has for you. His love is unbreakable. Romans 8:37-39 reminds us of this: “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, or anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Everything that has come into existence is a result of God’s love. Every one of us has been brought into existence by God’s love. Even in the midst of our struggles and difficulties, we can be confident of God’s love, and there is no limit to it.

We Are Filled With the Spirit When We Know God’s Love

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Often times people jump on the performance treadmill to try and get more out of God’s Spirit. But this isn’t biblical. We know that we have all of the Spirit at salvation (Ephesians 1:14). But, receiving God’s love means that Christ will be at home in us. In fact, Paul suggests that only one thing can cause us to be filled with the Spirit: knowledge of God’s love for us. Being filled with the Spirit and knowing God’s love are one and the same thing. When we receive God’s love, Christ is “at home” within us and we naturally and authentically respond by expressing His Spirit.

His Love is Immeasurable

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There are no limits to the love God has for you. Ephesians 3:17-19 says, “And I pray that you, being rotted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge…” Knowing God’s heart means consistently, radically, and very concretely announcing and revealing that God is love and only love, and that every time fear, isolation, or despair begin to invade the human soul, it is then that we must pause, pray and ask for the Spirit to bring us once again to the point where “the love of Christ controls us” (2 Corinthian 5:14). And when we are controlled by the love of Jesus, we enter eternal freedom because His love comes without any conditions and limits.