GOD IS LOVE! WE HAVE A FUTURE!

Brenda and I watched TV recently about estrangement within families. Without exception, all the bitter problems stemmed from a lack of practical love.

The Bible reveals that “God is Love” (1John 4:8), and the central message of the gospel of our salvation is predicated by this (John 3:16).

We all know that love involves, among much else, very powerful emotions. We mirror our Father in having powerful emotions.
I will emphasise God’s emotions in various scriptures below, to draw attention to them:

God “feels” things intensely — we read of his anger burning (Isaiah 5:25) and in Genesis 6:6 that “The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the Earth, and his heart was deeply troubled”.

Later in Isaiah we read “the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore, he will rise up to show you compassion”. (Isaiah 30:18).

Thankfully, scripture reveals that God’s compassion can in time overcome his anger, as demonstrated in Isaiah 54:7,8 — God speaking:

“For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back. In a surge of anger
I hid my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness
I will have compassion on you,”
says the Lord your Redeemer.