God’s Valentine

“But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, ‘With man this is impossible; but with God all things are possible’” (Matthew 19:26).

Have you ever thought of yourself as God’s Valentine?

God lives in heaven and we live on earth. The two worlds are vastly different. Here on Earth, there are lots of limitations. In heaven there are no limits. God is a barrier buster. For us to think as God does requires us to bring to mind who God is.

God is our creator. Everyone alive has been created by God. Beyond that, God has also redeemed some people He has created. In redemption, people on earth have constant and immediate access to Him.

This is life on a different level, making possible what otherwise would be impossible. The difference between what is humanly possible and what is not possible on earth is having a personal relationship with God.

How do we get a personal relationship with God, and why would we want Him in our lives?

God must be the initiator for us to desire a personal relationship with Him. He has ingenious ways of doing this. At times He puts us in impossible situations where we are confronted with a challenge we can’t solve without outside intervention.

God Wants Is Available 

The beauty of God is He has made Himself available to those who seek Him. “And ye shall seek Me, and find Me when ye shall search for Me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13).

What attracts God to humans like a magnet is their contrite and humble attitude. “For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: ‘I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones’” (Isaiah 57:15).

Jacob I Have Loved

One of the mysteries of God is He chose Jacob, an unlikely person to bless. Jacob was a supplanter by name. To supplant by definition is “to take the place of; supersede, especially through force or plotting.”

Esau, Jacob’s twin brother, put it this way. “And he said [to his father Isaac], ‘Is not he rightly named Jacob? For he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing.’ And he said, ‘Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?’” (Genesis 27:36).

A few years later, Jacob was married and had thirteen children. By that time, Jacob the conniving deceiver had come to a startling realization. He said to God, “I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which Thou hast showed unto Thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I have become two bands” (Genesis 32:10).

God did the impossible with Jacob, transforming him into a man who grasped God was pouring out His blessings on him, not for anything wonderful Jacob had done. Jacob was learning lessons in humility. Jacob came to understand God is the boss. Jacob was not in charge of his own life; God was.

How about you and I? God is always in the business of turning the unlovely into the lovely. “But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).

Did you ever think of Jacob, or yourself, as God’s valentine? God sees the masterpiece in us, a lump of clay. We did not deserve His attention. Yet we can thank God He is committed to sticking with His program. Our part is to cooperate with Him, submitting ourselves to His authority. Nothing “shall be l or able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:39).

Enjoy being God’s Valentine today!

 

Shirley Logsdon