Today’s 333 Devotional: “An Unbelievable Love”

God proved His love for us by sending His Son, Jesus, to die for us while we were His enemies, so that we could be made right with Him. Now, we know the words, but do we realize just how unbelievable that love really is?

As parents, we send our sons and daughters to fight in the military for God and country, but not with the explicit understanding that they may die. But would we do the same, that is, give up our sons and daughters to help save the life of a traitor, a murderer, or an abuser?

The answer is a resounding “NO.” But not so with God! He gave His Son for the worst of the worst. He gave His Son for those who were and are His enemies. He gave His Son to die for the ungodly, the wicked, the depraved, and for those who expressly hate Him and tell Him so to His face.

This was the Apostle Paul’s point when he said, “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).

Can you imagine the emotional toll it took on God? This is hard for us because we don’t equate God with having the same emotions we do, but He does, only in a way that is holy and righteous.

Can you imagine the hurt and pain He suffered when He saw His Son unmercifully beaten and hung on the cross to die? Can you imagine God’s unbelievable love as He did all of this for us?

Can you imagine how God felt when, for the first time since the beginning of time, He had to separate Himself from His own Son as Jesus took upon Himself our sins? That is the price both the Father and the Son paid for you and me.

That is how much God loves us. What an unbelievable love it is.