Eternally Unfailing Love
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8:37–39
Even the most steadfast human love reaches an earthly end. The longest marriage in United States history is believed to be that of Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher of North Carolina, who were married on May 13, 1924. They were getting close to marking their eighty-seventh wedding anniversary in 2011 when Mr. Fisher died at the age of 105. His wife passed away two years later, also having reached 105 years of age. The couple left a remarkable legacy of faithfulness and commitment, but not even their love could last forever. Their love on earth ended with their lives.
God’s love is different. Because He is eternal, His love never fails. That love is an integral part of His nature and character. The Apostle John wrote, “And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him” (1 John 4:16). This love lavishly poured out to us makes it possible for us to become part of God’s family through Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross, even though we do not deserve it.
And that love once accepted, never goes away. No child of God has ever been abandoned or disinherited. That may happen in earthly families, but God’s love is unfailing. Nothing that we do or do not do changes His love toward us. It is as eternal as God Himself, and it never fails. If our standing as God’s children depended on us, we would surely lose His love. Because it is based on His nature, God’s love never fails.
Romans 8:37–39
Even the most steadfast human love reaches an earthly end. The longest marriage in United States history is believed to be that of Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher of North Carolina, who were married on May 13, 1924. They were getting close to marking their eighty-seventh wedding anniversary in 2011 when Mr. Fisher died at the age of 105. His wife passed away two years later, also having reached 105 years of age. The couple left a remarkable legacy of faithfulness and commitment, but not even their love could last forever. Their love on earth ended with their lives.
God’s love is different. Because He is eternal, His love never fails. That love is an integral part of His nature and character. The Apostle John wrote, “And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him” (1 John 4:16). This love lavishly poured out to us makes it possible for us to become part of God’s family through Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross, even though we do not deserve it.
And that love once accepted, never goes away. No child of God has ever been abandoned or disinherited. That may happen in earthly families, but God’s love is unfailing. Nothing that we do or do not do changes His love toward us. It is as eternal as God Himself, and it never fails. If our standing as God’s children depended on us, we would surely lose His love. Because it is based on His nature, God’s love never fails.
Today’s Growth Principle:
Nothing is able to take away the amazing love that God has for us.
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