God's Love

Scripture:
Lamentations 3:13-26 (NIV)

He pierced my heart
    with arrows from his quiver.
I became the laughingstock of all my people;
    they mock me in song all day long.
He has filled me with bitter herbs
    and given me gall to drink.

He has broken my teeth with gravel;
    he has trampled me in the dust.
I have been deprived of peace;
    I have forgotten what prosperity is.
So I say, “My splendor is gone
    and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”

I remember my affliction and my wandering,
    the bitterness and the gall.
I well remember them,
    and my soul is downcast within me.
Yet this I call to mind
    and therefore I have hope:

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
    for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.
I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;
    therefore I will wait for him.”

The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
    to the one who seeks him;
it is good to wait quietly
    for the salvation of the Lord.

Devotional:

Pain of rejection, the fear of being pushed away enters each of our hearts at some point.  None of us wants to hear the words “I hate you” spoken to them.  No one wants to be rejected from a group or individual.  Sometimes the fear can be overwhelming and hinder lives.  Sometimes it can prevent us from having a relationship with God.

The good news is that God never leaves us.  His love for us will never fail or end.  Jesus will never reject anyone who comes to Him.  Deuteronomy 6:31:6 (NIV):

Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”

John 3:16:

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

There is nothing to fear.  You will never be rejected.  God loves each of us, you, so much that His one and only Son came to show us eternal life.  He came to bring us salvation.  His love for you is so great he willingly suffered and died so that you can be with Him forever.  No one who comes to Christ will be rejected.  God’s love prevails, His love overcomes, His love never fails…