GOD IS LOVE

“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” 1Jn4:8

More  than  anything  else  God  is  love.  Of  all  the  descriptions  of  God,  love  is  the  most accurate. 
God  is  atom  for  atom,  molecule  for  molecule,  nerve  for  nerve,  muscle  for muscle  all  together  love. 
Love  is  who  He  is.  Love  is  His  nature.  Love  is  His  character.  He doesn't kind of, sort of love you. He really does.

God  is  love,  and  we  were  created  in  His  likeness  and  in  His  image. Our  quality  of  life  will  depend  on  the quality of our relationship with God and our relationships with people. God  designed  us  to  find  true  fulfillment  in  love  relationships. 

Our  quality  of  life  is  the quality  of  our  relationships. We  were  created  to be  a  loving  being.  Love  is  the root of our emotional and spiritual being. We  all  want  to  feel  valued,  we  want  to  be  precious  to  someone,  and  we  want  to  be special.  We  want  the  emotions  and  actions  that  make  us  feel  loved.  When  we  love,  we have  value,  affection,  honor,  adoration,  high  esteem  for  someone  or  something. 
God loves us. He values us. He is affectionate towards us, He adores us, He esteems us.

Ephesians 3
14  For this cause I bow  my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus  Christ,
15  Of whom the whole family  in  heaven and  earth is named,
16  That  he  would  grant  you,  according  to  the  riches  of  his  glory,  to  be  strengthened  with might by  his Spirit in  the  inner man;
17  That  Christ  may  dwell  in  your  hearts  by  faith;  that  ye,  being  rooted  and  grounded  in love,
18  May  be  able  to  comprehend  with  all  saints  what  is  the  breadth,  and  length,  and depth, and height;

It  is  when  we  are  rooted  and  grounded  in  the  love  of  God  that  we  can  start  to comprehend God and understand His true nature. The  starting  place  for  comprehending,  understanding  and  relating  with  God  is  love.
If God is hard for you to understand, it is because you have not understood His love. This  isn't  just  a  casual  acquaintance  with  God's  love.  This  is  speaking  of  an  intimate understanding and experience  of the depths of  God's love.
In  the  same  way  that  a  tree's  roots  provide  stability  and  nourishment  for  the  tree,  so also  our  revelation  and  experience  of  God's  love  is  the  foundation  on  which  everything else we receive from God is built.

God's  love  is  multi-dimensional.  There  is  width,  length,  depth  and  height  to  it.  And  the only  way  to  comprehend  it  is  by  the  revelation  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  There  are  several dimensions to it. He is our Father, Husband, Mother, Brother, Friend, Master, Saviour etc. We have to come to the place where God fills every need for love in our lives. Whatever kind of love we need, God can provide for us. Whether it be the love of a parent, friend, spouse etc.

19  And  to  know  the  love  of  Christ,  which  passeth  knowledge,  that  ye  might  be  filled  with all the fulness of God.

Being  grounded  and  rooted  in  God’s  love  leads  us  to  the  place  where  we  experience  the love  of  Christ  in  a  way  that  surpasses  natural  knowledge.  It  takes  us  to  the  place  of  a heart  experience  that  is  more  real  than  any  intellectual  knowledge  or  information  could ever be. The  more  you  understand  the  love  of  God  in  your  heart  (through  meditation),  the  more you experience His love tangibly in your soul, emotionally.

The  love  of  God  insulates  you  from  life's  challenges.  From  death,  poverty,  heartbreak and  anything  else.  These  things  don't  really  matter  and  will  not  shatter  your  life  when you are experiencing the love of God.

Romans  8
35  Who  shall  separate  us  from  the  love  of  Christ?  shall  tribulation,  or  distress,  or persecution,  or famine, or nakedness,  or peril, or sword?
36  As  it  is  written,  For  thy  sake  we  are  killed  all  the  day  long;  we  are  accounted  as  sheep for the slaughter.
37  Nay, in all these things we  are more than  conquerors through  him that loved us.
38  For  I  am  persuaded,  that  neither  death,  nor  life,  nor  angels,  nor  principalities,  nor powers, nor  things present, nor things to come,
39  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.

God's love just insulates you from whatever life will throw at you.

“There  is  no  fear  in  love;  but  perfect  love  casteth  out  fear:  because fear  hath  torment.  He that feareth is not made perfect in love.” 1Jn4:18

The  love  of  God  vaccinates  us  from  fear.  If  fear  is  operating  in  your  life  you  are  not experiencing  the  love  of  God.  How  much  fear  do  you  have  in  your  life,  what  are  you afraid of? What areas of your life are ruled by fear? Finances,  relationships, health, future  etc. Experiencing God's love casts out all fear. When we  live  in  a  real  loving  relationship  with  God,  we  have  something  intangible  but  undeniable. We live in a realm of assuredness, peace, safety and surety that affects every other area of our life. We have an inner strength that is inexplicable.

“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.” 1Jn3:1

The  love  of  God  is  the  basis  for  our  sonship  with  God.  As  we  understand  and  experience more  of  God’s  love,  we  understand  and  experience  more  of  our  inheritance  as  sons  and heirs of God. It  is  because  if  His  love  for  us  that  God  ordained  for  us  to  be  adopted  as  His  sons  and  to come into His family. His love was His motivation.

Ephesians  1:3-11  MSG
3  How  blessed  is  God!  And  what  a  blessing  he  is!  He's  the  Father  of  our  Master,  Jesus Christ, and  takes us to the high places of blessing  in  him.
4  Long  before  he  laid  down  earth's  foundations,  he  had  us  in  mind,  had  settled  on  us  as the focus  of  his love, to be made whole and holy  by  his love.
5  Long,  long  ago  he  decided  to  adopt  us  into  his  family  through  Jesus  Christ.  (What pleasure he took  in  planning  this!)
6  He  wanted  us  to  enter  into  the  celebration  of  his  lavish  gift-giving  by  the  hand  of  his beloved Son.
7  Because  of  the  sacrifice  of  the  Messiah,  his  blood  poured  out  on  the  altar  of  the  Cross, we're  a  free  people--free  of  penalties  and  punishments  chalked  up  by  all  our  misdeeds. And  not just  barely free, either. [Abundantly]  free!
8  He thought of everything, provided for everything  we could  possibly need,
9  letting  us  in  on  the  plans  he  took  such  delight  in  making.  He  set  it  all  out  before  us  in Christ,
10 a  long-range  plan  in  which  everything  would  be  brought  together  and  summed  up  in him, everything  in  deepest heaven, everything  on planet earth.
11  It's  in  Christ  that  we  find  out  who  we  are  and  what  we  are  living  for.  Long  before  we first  heard  of  Christ  and  got  our  hopes  up,  he  had  his  eye  on  us,  had  designs  on  us  for glorious living

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