Today’s Devotional: “Just Because”

Why “just because”? Because we are His special treasures and He desires to draw us into a deeper, loving relationship with Him. Therefore, He lures us away from things that are unhealthy or unhelpful and that compete for our affection.

“Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.” (Jeremiah 31:3)

Every minute of every day since we heard God’s call to come and meet with Him, He’s been pursuing a loving relationship with us, seeking to draw us close, just as a mother draws her child to herself. He wants us near Him.

God loves us “just because,” which means that although His love defies logic, it still has a reason.

First, God loves us simply because it’s part of His very nature. That is, God is love. Because He loves us, He tells us to love others.

“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” (1 John 4:7)

Second, God loves us because He created us in His image and likeness. Although sin has marred that image and likeness, God still loves us because each of us has unique value. In fact, God made us to have a relationship with Him.

And so, God loves us simply because, not because of anything we’ve done. Quite the opposite: we’ve done everything wrong, yet He still loves us.

God loves us because God is love.