02/02/2023 – “The faithful love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon those who reverence Him.”
It has been awhile, but this again is pulled from a favorite daily devotional book: “The Book of Mysteries” by Jonathan Cahn. (ISBN reference: 978-1-62998-942-6). You can sample the other postings by searching on the book title and then, do yourself a favor, order a copy before you let it pass. Just behind the priority of daily Bible reading and prayer, is developing the habit of reading it every day for a year.
Again, the format as you read is always a dialogue between a “teacher”, faith mentor, and a student.
FROM THE DAYS OF FOREVER – DAY 219
“It was dawn. We had spent the night on top of a desert mountain. Though the su was not yet visible, we could now see its red-orange glow in the distance.
‘Do you ever wonder about God’s love,’ asked the teacher, ‘if His love for you will endure… if it will outlast your sins, or if your sins will exhaust it? Have you ever wondered His faithfulness to you, if it will always be there… if it will always keep you no matter what?’
‘I guess I have,’ I said.
‘It is written in the Psalms: ‘The lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to ev relating upon those who reference Him.’ The word translated as lovingkindness is the Hebrew word khesed. Khesed speaks not only of God’s merciful, tender love, but of His faithful love, the love of God that doesn’t let go. But what it goes on to say about that love is amazing: ‘The faithful love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon those who reverence Him.’ Do you realize what it’s saying? His tender and faithful love for you is from everlasting. In other words, He doesn’t only love you now. He loved you before you were.’
‘How?’ I asked.
‘He’s God. Did He not know you before you existed? (*insert – see comment below). A year before you existed? Then years before you existed? He has always known you. For ages before you existed, He has known you. And if He loves you now, it could not have been any different then. God has loved you, tenderly, mercifully, and faithfully … from everlasting. How long has He loved you? For an eternity! He’s loved you from forever. His love for you has already lasted an eternity! It has already traveled an eternity to reach you.’
‘But then how could it ever have reached me?’
‘You can’t fathom eternity.’ said the teacher, ‘nor can you fathom His love, except to know that His love for you is greater than eternity … and to know the answer to the question… Will God’s love for you ever cease or give up? ‘ The answer is no. God’s love for you has already spanned the length of eternity. it has already lasted forever. For the love of God, to you who reverence Him… from everlasting to everlasting… from forever to forever.’
The Mission: Ponder the love that God has for you that has already endured for an eternity, and will not cease or fail you now. Live accordingly.
Psalm 103:17 / Jeremiah 31:3; Micah 5:2
*(insert): Do you question this?: See Jeremiah 1:5, in addition to the first two of the verses above, amidst others that are noted here. So, from this verse: “When does human life begin? Is it at conception? Or is it from eternity?
Soli Deo Gloria!
Housekeeping note: I put this Day 219 devotional in the “Tag” field, so that we do not confuse it with our 365 day read of the Bible.
Blessings to y’all’s day!