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5 Lessons I've Learnt in My Walk With God (Part I) - God's love is NOT performance-based


I can't emphasise this statement enough; not just to you, but to myself. Everyday. The reason why I think people - not in any way excluding Christians - don't fully understand this is because we live in a world which thinks it knows what love is, but honestly has no idea. Truly unconditional love is a foreign concept to us!

Hence, it is inherently difficult to understand that there is a God somewhere who actually cherishes you, no matter what you have done, are doing or are going to do. The human mind cannot fully grasp this because we are so used to the way the world works. But in recent times, The Lord has really called my attention to the reality of His boundless love. 

You see, before I was trying to 'earn' it. Hey, nothing in life comes for free!, I thought. I felt that if I did all the right things, said all the right things, thought all the right things, that I was 'paying my dues'. I knew God loved me, but common, surely He would love me just a tiny bit more if I read 4 chapters of the Bible a day, rather than 2. He would love me just a tad bit more if I woke up feeling all spiritual and enthusiastic about the things of The Lord! He would love me more if I listened to my 'Worship' playlist on the way to church rather than M.I. 

I felt I had to work for that love, when in reality all God wanted me to do was just accept it. Please read the next couple of lines very carefully: God did not love you more yesterday, than He will tomorrow. His love is whole, complete and perfect. You don't have to 'save up' for it because it's already completely paid for! 

It's so easy to fall into the trap of trying to categorise things into 'God will love me when I do this' and 'God will be mad at me when I do that'. One of my favourite Joyce Meyer messages is titled 'God is not mad at you'. I listened to all 28 minutes of that podcast and my life was transformed forever. Within us, we always have this vague, preconceived feeling that God is not happy with us. I would like to point out that this is a lie the Devil tries to sell to separate us from God. God may not pleased with everything we do, but He is most certainly pleased with us. 

Romans 5:8 -  "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." 

 Before we even knew who He was or accepted Him into our lives, Christ died for us. Is one laying down their life for another not the ultimate display of love?

It doesn't matter what you 'feel'; we give feelings far too much power. Christianity is not based on a 'feeling'; it's based on the reality and significance of what Christ did on that cross.
Kunmi x

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