God's Loving-Kindness

What is God's loving-kindness?

The beloved John 3:16 scripture says it clearly. God loved, so He acted, as a matter of fact, He gave, He sacrificed.

There has been an increased focus on God's love lately, not as much as I would like there to be, but definitely an improvement. However, love is not enough. It is not enough to love God and others. Similarly, God does not just love us. That is why we are talking about God's Loving-kindness. God's loving-kindness is God's love expressed to us in his kind thoughts, intentions, and actions towards us. God loves us, and He expresses that love towards us. He expressed that Love for us at the cross, and He continues expressing it to us every day.

It is because of His love towards us that we can trust Him. Though we might not understand why He does what He does sometimes, we need to learn to trust His love towards us and His good intentions. The closer we come to Him, the more we will know and experience His love for us. Time and time again I have to keep my young son from playing with dangerous objects such as the electric outlet, extension cords, sharp objects, bees, and so forth. Sometimes, when my wife or I re-direct his attention to something safer to play with, he throws a complaining and grumbling fit. He does not understand that some things are dangerous to him. The same thing happens between God and us. We do not understand the dangers of those sins we think are harmless, but He does. And we throw a fit when, in His love, He tries to protect us and keep us from harm.

We go through life filling our hearts with everything but God. Looking for Love in all the wrong places. Stuff will never be able to fill that void, nor will people, money, success, or anything else. Only God can satisfy that deep yearning within our hearts that cries to be loved, respected, accepted, to feel important and cherished.

Do you truly understand God's love for you?
Do you truly believe that He loves you and has the best intentions towards you, even though sometimes you may not understand Him?