Love Based on Position, Not Actions

My kids grew up hearing me say, “I'm proud of you and I love you because you're my son (or daughter). Nothing you ever do or don't do can change that.” Those of us who are parents intrinsically understand this. I was there for the birth of all three of my kids, and from that moment on, before they'd done anything good or bad, I instantly loved them with a passionate intensity. From the second I first saw them, I'd have given my life for them if they needed it. And I still would.

Where do we get that from? What's true in the natural is true in the spirit. The Father loves us based on our position as His children. Nothing we do or don't do can make Him love us any more or any less. That is tremendous security!

That's our identity as His children and our destiny – why we were created and why we're here. To be loved by Him and to love Him back. That is our success. Once we understand His love for us at a heart level and accept that love-relationship with Him, holiness becomes easy. After all, what's sin but not trusting God for what we need? So we take it ourselves.

Trusting Him becomes easy when our heart understands His love for us. And we get love-blind. We don't even see that stuff that sin desires anymore. That's why living in holiness is so easy at that point. We are so intoxicated with His love for us that we're too deaf to hear sin's distracting call. It can take its lies and stuff them. We're looking straight at the most Beautiful One in the universe, overwhelmed by His love for us, and giving Him ours in return. Who we really are is found only in this place.

Hey, Sin, don't bother me. Come back later, say, in an eternity. I'm busy making love right now.