In every way God lavishes us with love and goodness and he does this unceasingly. Such an outpouring of love speaks powerfully of our inherent value. But it can also highlight something very negative about us depending on what our response is. Love highlights everything that is true of a person at any given time. Inasmuch as it highlights our inherent value it can also highlight how incredibly cold we can be. The more a person is loved the greater the offense when that person betrays the love that is given. It would be better that they were never loved in the first place because of the extent to which the offense is magnified by the love that was given. But God cannot do any less than love. God is love. And His love highlights the evil in mankind just as light emphasises the shadows. We would not even know what evil is if we did not know what love is. God loves you with a great and enduring love and every day he showers you with more goodness than you could ever fathom. The question is, how will you respond to such love? Your response to God is the proof of your character. In Ezekiel 16 God presents his case against his people. The words contain the deep grief of one whose love is betrayed. The grief is as great as the love. Are you a source of joy to God or are you a source of grief to him? Whether it is one or the other, it is how it is because God loves you.
Thank God for his great love for you.
Read Ezekiel 16
