“For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.”
I Peter 1:18-20
What exactly does it mean to say real love is ‘calculated’?
Sometimes we hear people speak about the love of God as if it is some sort of huge cosmic blob of divine silly putty that just ebbs and flows through the universe touching lives randomly and then moving on. Speaking as if it was a force that can’t really be known and which we may be fortunate to bump into once in our lives.
However, the love of God is purposeful, ordered and directed from God at you.
The love of God is ‘calculated’.
There is nothing random or chance about it.
Our verses from I Peter today make clear the plans of God were from
“…before the creation of the world…”
and had as its’ purpose; to redeem us through the precious blood of his Son.
That is real love and that is a love that is calculated and planned by God in eternity.
Nothing random, accidental or spontaneous about that!
The intentional and calculated love of God doesn’t let me off the hook either.
It demands a response from me, even if my response is to ignore it.
When we, as believers, reflect His love to others it serves as an in-your-face reminder of the personal nature of His love. Not in an arrogant way, but in a way that removes it from the ‘cosmic blob’ realm to something that pulls at the very strings of our heart!
Gods’ love is intentional when it touches your heart.
What is your response?
I Peter 1:18-20
What exactly does it mean to say real love is ‘calculated’?
Sometimes we hear people speak about the love of God as if it is some sort of huge cosmic blob of divine silly putty that just ebbs and flows through the universe touching lives randomly and then moving on. Speaking as if it was a force that can’t really be known and which we may be fortunate to bump into once in our lives.
However, the love of God is purposeful, ordered and directed from God at you.
The love of God is ‘calculated’.
There is nothing random or chance about it.
Our verses from I Peter today make clear the plans of God were from
“…before the creation of the world…”
and had as its’ purpose; to redeem us through the precious blood of his Son.
That is real love and that is a love that is calculated and planned by God in eternity.
Nothing random, accidental or spontaneous about that!
The intentional and calculated love of God doesn’t let me off the hook either.
It demands a response from me, even if my response is to ignore it.
When we, as believers, reflect His love to others it serves as an in-your-face reminder of the personal nature of His love. Not in an arrogant way, but in a way that removes it from the ‘cosmic blob’ realm to something that pulls at the very strings of our heart!
Gods’ love is intentional when it touches your heart.
What is your response?
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