Page 9 - The Divine Quest

Page 6

Throughout this book we will look at numerous examples that bring forth the
understanding that faith is born out of a confidence in the love of God toward us. We
will also see that men and women struggle with faith when they lack this assurance
of God’s love.

It may seem incredible to us that the Israelites could have witnessed so many mighty
acts of God and still failed in faith. We may be tempted to judge them as the most
carnal of people after God had given them many assurances of His love and they still
called it into question. Yet we need to judge with righteous judgment. We have been
given a greater witness of God’s love then they ever received. They only saw a lamb
being sacrificed to spare them from the penalty of death. We have the witness of God
giving the life of His beloved Son for us. When we look to the cross and see what an
awesome and incomprehensible love was demonstrated there, we have not a shred
of room to ever doubt Yahweh’s love for us. But we struggle with unbelief,
nonetheless.

We should weep and fall on our knees in repentance when we consider what a
reproach we have often brought to God when we manifested unbelief in His
willingness to see us through some situation. Yahweh has done all He could possibly
do to demonstrate that His love for us is a faithful and true love, beyond our ability
to comprehend. How His heart must ache when we come before Him with our
doubts and anxieties and we ask Him, “Do you truly love me? Are you there? Have
you forsaken me?” Look to the cross, child of God. His love is beyond questioning.

John 15:13
“Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.”

Romans 8:38-39
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor
things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other
created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Messiah
Yahshua our Lord.

Prayer:

Father, forgive us for doubting your love. Your love is our delight. Though we do not
deserve it, we receive it with gladness of heart and rejoicing. It is Your love that gives
us hope, and it is in the confidence of Your love that we are able to demonstrate faith
as we walk through many trials. Father, may You have a people who demonstrate an
unshakeable confidence in Your love, and may I be among those people. May You
receive honor as I willingly cast my life into Your hands in full assurance of Your