Jesus promised, "I will never leave you as orphaned" (Jn 14:18). He strengthened that promise in saying, "I will be with you until the end of the ages (Mt 28:20). And the Spirit reinforced that truth in saying that "nothing in all creation can seperate you from the love of God in Christ" (Rom 8:39).
Nothing can seperate us from his love and he will never walk away from us. But that does not mean we cannot seperate from God. We cannot be seperated, but we can seperate ourselves from him. Listen to the words of the Spirit through Moses, "The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you" ( 2 Chron 15:2).
God has nothing but love for us. That love cannot be destroyed but itt also will not be forced upon us. Joshua emplored the Israelites,"Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve" (Josh 24:15). And in John 1:11 we read, "He came to his own but his own received him not." God desires a love relationship withus and will not allow all the power of hell to deny it, but he will not force that love upon us. Love is only love when choice is allowed.
God paid the price for our sin. The gates of heaven are opened wide, the path home has been marked by the blood of Christ and now the ball is in our court. We have to choose whether to accept his grace and follow Jesus home or go off on our own. The choice is yours. What do you choose? Jus' Askn.
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