“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” (1 John 4:10)
When I was young, I remember a song that had the following words: “What the world needs now is love sweet love, It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.” This song expresses the search for love that is part of each person’s life.
Where do we find love? What can we do to receive love? The Word of God makes it clear that love begins with God, continues with God, and ends with God. He is the source of love. He demonstrated His love by sending His Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for our sins.
The love of God is real. We see that His love is a perfect love that desires to see change in our lives. He wants us to go from being dead in our trespasses and sins to having eternal life. “But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ,” (Ephesians 2:4-5)
Deep down, we feel that we deserve God’s love. We demonstrate this when we complain during the difficult times in our lives. We may say of God: “If God is a God of love why did He allow this.” We feel we are deserving of God’s love and he has failed to love us. Do we deserve God’s love? Here are several reasons why we deserve God’s love.
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“Dear Lord, I come before you in all brokenness and humility because I know that I don’t deserve your love. Your love for me is based on all that you are. I deserve nothing but your wrath because of my sin before you. Yet, you have loved me with an everlasting love. I don’t understand your love, but I thank you for it. I thank you that I can call you “Father” because you brought me to a saving knowledge of your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Please help me never take your love for granted. Amen”
Have we accepted God’s love? Have we come to Him realizing we don’t deserve His love? He has His hands of love outstretched towards us. Will we accept His offer of love today? This love is expressed in an old hymn. The words abound with the sacrificial nature of God’s love for us.
“WHY SHOULD HE LOVE ME SO?” By Robert Harkness
1.Love sent my savior to die in my stead;
Why should He love me so?
Meekly to Calvary’s cross He was led;
Why should He love me so?
2.Nails pierced His hands and His feet for my sin;
Why should He love me so?
He suffered sore my salvation to win;
Why should He love me so?
3.O how He agonized there in my place;
Why should He love me so?
Nothing withholding my sin to efface;
Why should He love me so?
Chorus: Why should He love me so?
Why should He love me so?
Why should my Savior to Calvary go?
Why should He love me so?
Bible Treasures for Today 
I deserve God’s love, not because of what I have or haven’t done, but because He says He loves me, the sinner. Because He died for me, he has given his unconditional love to me as a gift. This makes it absolutely clear to me that I DO deserve his love. I am tired of people saying they don’t deserve it, making God into a shaming parent. Can you imagine your own parent telling you at the moment they give you a gift that you don’t deserve it? How do you think you would feel. We need to stop doing this to ourselves and accept that we do deserve it. We DO deserve his love! All we have to do is accept Jesus into our hearts and admit our sins. We ALL deserve it.
Amen. We deserve His love because we believe in His everlasting love. We accept his gracious love. We are worthy of His love because we are created by His love, through His love, for His love. 🤍