Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
Romans 5:5, “And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”
This verse tells us that the love of God is a dispensed thing.
It is not a worked-up thing.
We do not try to find it in ourselves.
The love of God is a poured-out reality.
But what is the nature of the experience of that love in our hearts on a daily basis?
How does it feel to have the love of God poured out in our hearts?
To appreciate the nature of this poured-out love and what it is like to enjoy the Lord according to this love-life, we need to read the context of Romans 5:5.
Verse 6 says, “For when we were yet without strength (weak).”
This is the condition on which the love is poured out–not when we are strong, but while we are yet weak.
Note the second part of this verse: “In due time Christ died for the ungodly.”
If you are ungodly, you are a prime candidate for the love of God.
Maybe you are thinking miserable things about yourself–that you hate yourself for the things you have done.
You wish you had not done them, but you did.
You did some ungodly things that you would not want anyone to know about, and you hate yourself for it.
But listen to what this verse says: “Christ died for the ungodly.”
You are the very kind of person He shed His blood for.
Despite what you have done, He loves you!
This shows us the nature of the poured-out love in our hearts.
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
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