“I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.” (Ephesians 3:16-18 NIV)
We need to love and be loved, but we look for love in all the wrong places. We look for love from a parent, a child, a sibling, a spouse, a significant other, a friend -- even a pet! But our parents grow old, our children grow up and live their own lives, our siblings move on, our spouses are too busy, our significant other gets bored, our friends are selfish, and our pets can’t speak or counsel!
So where is love found? John 3:16 says “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” God gave heaven’s most precious treasure as the price for your redemption so that you might have eternal life.
Jesus is the ultimate Gift, sent to you from the heart of the Father. The gift tag reads, “I love you.” Love is found in Jesus. And Paul declared, “Nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:39b NLT)
-- Adapted from “Fixing My Eyes on Jesus” by Anne Graham Lotz
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