Week 1 | Day 2 | God’s Faithful Love

Command:

Do not be afraid. Matthew 10:26-28 (NIV)

Read:

And so, we know and rely on the love God has for us. 1 John 4:16 (NIV)

Reflect:

I don't like to depend on other people. People often let me down. It is especially disappointing when someone lets me down in a situation that matters. Like when I relied on someone to keep an agreement that affected me financially and they broke it. Or I trust a friend to act in good faith and feel betrayed when they don't. I get anxious when I'm in a position where I have to rely on someone, and the consequences will be significant if they don't come through.

But there is someone who has been a baseline that I can believe in. It is always safe to assume that Christ loves me. This is the prime in my life that defines all my experience: Christ is always with me and that I can always be with him. Behold I am with you always. Matthew 28:20 (ESV)

It helps me to meditate on this promise word by word. Behold — “Pay attention to this, this is an amazing thing! I AM — always everywhere, omnipotent, omnipossible. With You — I am alongside and wrapped around you. Always — In every moment of every day I am together with you; always in and around you. And so, I know and can rely on the love God has for me.” 

React:

Since God is always faithful to be with me, then I will faithfully be with him.

Pray:

Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? You’re all I want! And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart. When I trust in you, I have a strong and glorious presence protecting and anointing me. You are my portion forever. Forever you’re all I need. Psalm 73:23-26 (NIV, TPT)