I wanted to remind someone today that when people give up on you, and even when you give up on yourself, God will never turn His back on you. Psalm 86:15 reminds us that, “God is full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.” Unequivocally, God’s arms are wide open to receive you, freely forgive you, heal you, and restore you!
If you every doubted God’s love for you, I personally invite you to pay attention to the spirit by which the father in Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son welcomed his wayward son home—“Bring forth the best robe! Put a ring on his hand! Put shoes on his feet! Kill the fatted calf! Let’s celebrate! My son was lost and now he’s found” (Luke 15:22–24). The father didn’t say not a single word about his son wasting his wealth on prodigal living. The father was just overwhelmingly overjoyed that his son came back home!
In the same way, God has not given up nor will He ever give up on you. The moment you take a step toward Him, you will find Him running toward you to embrace you. Think about this for a moment; when the world seemed hopelessly, irretrievably lost, God did not “give up” on us; He sent the Savior: “God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).
My beloved brothers and sisters, there is absolutely no way God will never give up on you. So don’t ever forget that we all have this promise over our lives: “And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue His work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns” (Philippians 1:6).
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