So Great Is The Love Of God

The love of God is amazing; the transformation it can bring to any life is immeasurable. There is no telling the extent of positive transformation that can take place in any life that is submitted to Him and there are benefits to this transformation which God works with us to achieve, albeit in the person of the Holy Spirit. Despite all the earthly benefits, there is still the ultimate reward of heaven, a place reserved for those who make Him Lord over their lives to the very end. What makes this love even greater is that God is working always to ensure that we make this heaven. He provides all the help we would ever need to succeed in life and also spend eternity in heaven.

John 3: 16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life."

Romans 6: 23b "but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord."

All the things we yearn for like power, wealth and great health are good but those are things God can give to anyone because the bible says He allows rain fall and the sun shine on both the just and the unjust or righteous and unrighteous. These things happen for various reasons. The one special  thing He has reserved for those who love Him enough, in return for Him loving them, to remain submitted to Him through their entire lives is eternity in heaven. Our lives here on earth are numbered but eternity is endless. Eternity is the place where life is without end; God wants us to live a life of pleasure in eternity. Who wants to live in pain forever? The way we strive to be extremely comfortable in this world tells that we need the life God offers in eternity.

Mathew 7: 13“You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. 

The challenge with heaven is the fact that the bible says the gate to get in is narrow making it difficult to find it. It would appear that one has to "see through the eyes of God" to find it. Seeing through God's eyes is the problem; therein lies our struggle. To see through His eyes is to see things the way He sees them which suggests that one has to unlearn the way they know to live which is the devil's way and then learn God's way of life which is totally different. Change is difficult so that learning a new way of thinking and attitude is not the easiest thing. However, God would not ask us to unlearn our old ways and learn His own ways if it was not necessary and/or impossible to do so. God is not wicked nor is He playing games with us. He really does want us in heaven and there is a heaven.

Mathew 7: 14 "But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it."

Mathew 10: 22b "But everyone who endures to the end will be saved."

The life that God offers through Christ is life indeed. It is life that one must not take for granted. It is life that should not be ignored. It is so important that God paid for the liberty of whoever will desire that life. He loves us so much that He keeps the door open for anyone who would desire it enough to step into it and then He walks with us through to the end albeit to the extent that we let Him. The more we let Him, the more we are able to see through His eyes so that we not only find the narrow and difficult way but walk through and enter through the narrow gate to heaven. The love of God is truly without measure. It would give God great pleasure to see us take advantage of what He offers.