Daily Devotion

 With Pastor Ancel Presnell

“UNCONDITIONAL LOVE?”

I have often heard, and on occasion, I’ve asserted myself, that we as humans can love unconditionally. Love without condition is a love that cannot be diminished based upon circumstances surrounding the relationship. The most common illustration of unconditional love is the expression from a parent about their child. As a parent, I can certainly agree, my love for my boys is serious. We often see the best in our children when others see the worst.

The question remains though, as humans, can we love unconditionally? If our children go on to live their life cheating and stealing from us, and being verbally abusive to us, can we really say that our love for them is unconditional and cannot be changed at all? I highly doubt it! Often, a spouse will say that their love for their spouse is unconditional. Would this statement still be made if a spouse, lied, cheated, and succumb to repeated moral failures? The likelihood is slim! So, the question of whether we as mere humans can love unconditionally is highly doubtful!

There is however one who can and does love His children unconditionally, His name is Jesus! Can and does Christ love His children unconditionally? YES! Is His love based upon our actions always being loveable? Not for a minute. Let’s be honest, sometimes we are not very loveable. We sin, we cheat on our relationship with Him, and we are downright unfaithful to Him too many times to count; Fact is, our actions were to die for! And yet, He keeps on loving us with His matchless and unconditional love!

Romans 8:38, 39—”³⁸ For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, ³⁹ Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”