Have you ever been loved beyond what you are worth? Someone accepted you and loved you beyond what you deserved.? If you have, then you have experienced a glimpse of God’s love. If you haven’t, I want you to know that God loves you that way.

God is tenacious in His love. He does not give up easily. When all others would have given up, God continues to extend His arms toward His beloved to wash, to forgive, and to love for the zillionth time!

I see this in His love toward Israel.

“Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of people and livestock in it. And I will be to her a wall of fire all around, declares the Lord, and I will be the glory in her midst.” Zech. 2:4-5

What is it about Israel that God will not let her go? What’s so special about her? Why does He come back again and again to her even though she is unfaithful to Him?

The fact is that Israel wasn’t special. (Deut. 7:7). But God simply decided in His sovereign will to place His affection on her. And once He does, He won’t stop!

It’s a lie that you have sinned beyond repair. You insult God when you think, “God can never love me after this.” The only sin that God won’t forgive is if you do not return to God because you think He won’t accept you.

No matter what you have done, however great a sin you have committed, however many times (7 times 70?), come back to God and He will receive you. Just don’t turn away from God because you think you have sinned beyond His forgiving capacity.

PH