“Our love tends to be reactive, but God’s love is proactive.”

A thought by Mark Batterson, (2015-10-06) from his book, If: Trading Your If Only Regrets for God's What If Possibilities (Kindle Location 3657). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

For too many of us we say, “I’ll love you if...” you meet a certain condition. Or “If you really love me you will do this…” Or, "You don't really love me because..."

But God’s love is not like that. Marks says, “His love is unconditional. There is nothing you can do to make God love you more or less because He already loves you perfectly, eternally. Even when we don’t reciprocate His love, it doesn’t deter, deflect, or diminish His love. It accentuates it.”

There is a verse over in Romans 5:8 in the New Testament that says, “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” That is true love.

Mark says, “It’s easy to love someone when they’re at their best. When they’re at their worst? Not so much. But that’s the test of true love. Our love tends to be reactive, but God’s love is proactive. It doesn’t reciprocate; it procreates. He loves us when we least expect it and least deserve it. And even when we’re at our worst, He’s at His best.”

Oh we need that kind of love in the world in which we live, don't we?

Mark continues, “The closest I can come to understanding the love of the heavenly Father is thinking about it as an earthly parent. Being a parent to our three children has taught me more about God’s love than three graduate degrees in theology. Nothing compares. Yet no matter how high and wide and deep and long our love for our children is, it’s still measured in years. God’s love is forever and a day!”

Are you experiencing and expressing His love today?

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