How God see you

GOD DELIGHTS IN HIS CHILDREN 

He Crowns Us

For the LORD takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with salvation. Psalm 149:4

 ·        Who are the people of God? Anyone who loves God and obeys His commandments belongs to Him. We are His children if we receive the One whom He has sent, Jesus.·        God delights in us His children, and He is not up in some distant galaxy waiting to point the finger of judgment at us whenever we slip. He is a kind, loving, and merciful God who delights in seeing us joyful, radiant, and strong.·        When we humble ourselves before God and submit our lives to Him, He will grant us the crown of salvation, life everlasting with Him. 

He Rejoices in Us

The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17

 ·        This image of God is not one we might be used to: God rejoicing (which means to spin about joyfully) over us while singing about us His children.·        Think about a mother or father here on earth who delights in her or his child. A loving parent gives her love unconditionally and is so delighted in her child, even if he has done nothing to deserve such love or delight except belong to her.·        We belong to God and His delight in us, his love for us, and his rejoicing over us should encourage us to seek Him and His righteousness even more.·        When we really like someone and are excited for them, we make the effort to communicate with them. In the same way, God desires to communicate with His children because He is so happy that we belong to Him. 

He Loves Us

Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:1-2

 ·        God loves us so much that He gave His Son to take on our sin and our punishment that we deserved for rebelling against Him. But even in our rebellion, God loved us, and Jesus gave Himself up for us because of love.·        When we love someone, we long to be with them. Jesus loves us more than we can fathom, and He desires for us to know Him more and more.·        The more we spend time listening to Him, the more able we are to live a life of love as He did. We imitate that which we place before us. Jesus should be foremost in our thoughts, so that we can be imitators of Him. 

He Fathers Us

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! 1 John 3:1

 ·        We expect our Dads here on earth to love us and care for us, but sometimes this is not always the case. Even so, God is the ultimate Father, ready to lavish His love upon us liberally.

·        We are His children who belong to Him. He is our protector and provider through everything we go through in this life. Let us look to Him as a Father and listen to His voice, knowing that He instructs us out of love for us.

Have a great day knowing that Almighty God loves you very much

John

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