It’s Tuesday, and time for your daily devotion. It’s always good to think about God’s love. Not only does He love you, but He has brought you into His family. You are His. Five times, the Apostle John called himself “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” He was the one who leaned on Jesus’s breast during the Last Supper. John had a revelation of the love of God. He says this in 1 John 3:1:
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
In today’s daily devotion, take a moment to thank God for His amazing love toward you!
God’s Love
God’s love cannot be measured by human calculation. In Isaiah 55:9, God says, “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” God’s love was steadfast toward a people who forsook Him, and He so loved the world that He gave His Son to those who’d reject Him. In your daily devotion, meditate on God’s immeasurable love.
Bestowed Upon Us
Bestow means to give something as a gift. How do we understand this kind of love in a world seemingly devoid of it? We have to understand it as John did. Nothing of the supernatural is understood from a natural standpoint. And God’s love is supernatural, or spiritual. Therefore, as John received His love by spiritual revelation, so must we.
God would use John to teach the world about His love. As the only disciple who wasn’t martyred, John lived to tell the world about God’s love firsthand, which was shown to him by Christ. In your daily devotion, praise God for showing you His love through Christ.
Sons of God
God’s love for you isn’t casual; it’s intentional. He brings you into His family. And His love for you doesn’t fade or diminish. When the Prodigal son returned home from living recklessly, his father ran to greet him, welcoming him back fully. The prodigal had not lost his status as son. John said in John 1:12 that as many as received Christ were given “power to become the sons of God.”
That power is irrevokable on God’s side. No one can pluck you out of His hand. “Sons” refers to both male and female. In today’s daily devotion, declare that you are God’s son forever.
World Knows Not
The world represents things outside of the spiritual realm. God is a spirit, and when you are born again, your spirit becomes alive to God’s things. According to the word of God, the world lies in darkness. It cannot receive the things of the spirit because they’re discerned spiritually. Therefore, the world doesn’t know God’s love. It only knows the inferior love of the world.
But God desires that we all know His love. In today’s daily devotion, declare that you know the love of God because you know Him.
It Knew Him Not
Because the world didn’t know God, it rejected Christ. The religious leaders failed to recognize Him because they didn’t really know God. In John 8:19, Jesus told the Pharisees, “If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also. Jesus’s arrival had been prophesied for centuries. Isaiah said he would be wounded, bruised, chastised, and rejected.
His birth was prophesied, His life and manner of death were all foretold. Yet those who prided themselves on knowing the scriptures didn’t know who they spoke of. In John 10:38, Jesus said even if they didn’t believe in Him, His works prove that the Father is in Him. In your daily devotion, rejoice that you know Jesus is the Son of God.
Final Word
In today’s daily devotion, celebrate the revelation of God’s love for you. Don’t compare it to human love; it far exceeds that. Human love teaches you to love those who love you, and show goodness to those who’re good to you. But Jesus said, Love your enemies and do good to them, also. That’s the difference in God’s love. God loved us while we were sinners, or enemies of His. He didn’t wait until we were saved.
In your daily devotion, embrace God’s love, and like John, call yourself the one whom Jesus loves. Rejoice that God has bestowed His love upon you. You are God’s family. You are His son.
