1 John 3:1-3 See how very much
our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we
are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are
God’s children because they don’t know him. Dear friends, we are already
God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when
Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see
him as he really is. And all who have this eager expectation will keep
themselves pure, just as he is pure. NLT Bible.
As we read and meditate on
verses like these our understanding of his great love for humanity grows
deeper. How can anyone resist a love like that? I am persuaded that had
we known or been taught these verses when we first became a follower of
Christ it not only would have deepened our relationship with him, but it
would have encouraged us to find out more, through prayer and Bible
study, about this outrageous love he has for us as individuals.
I have heard young Christians
and older discouraged ones say, “I guess God has forgotten about me.”
That is a lie from the enemy of Christ and his children. He is impugning
the faithfulness of our God. He would like to convince every believer
that God is unfaithful and should not be trusted. But it is Satan and
his minions who are the deceivers and the betrayers of believers.
Isaiah 49:15-16
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have
compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I
not forget thee. Behold I have graven thee upon the palms of my
hands.
Forget – shakach = shaw-kakh
to forget, ignore, will not to cease to care.
He cannot forget, because of
his nature, He will not forget, because of his promises. The only thing
he ever forgets is our sins that we have turned away from, but he will
never forget one of his own children. He cannot forget his love, or his
covenant, or the promises made to us.
He holds the righteous in everlasting
remembrance. Ps. 112:6
