We all have a need to be loved. We often search for love in the wrong places and from the wrong people. There is no single person on this earth who can fully satisfy our need for love. Some may come close, but they cannot fulfill our need fully.
So, what are we to do? Where are we to look? Should we simply give up our search? No, we should look elsewhere. Instead of looking horizontally, we should look vertically. That is not easy to do when you are lonely in this world.
Yet, we are told over and over that God loves us. We are told that he is always with us. We likely understand that intellectually. But do we understand it within our hearts? That is where the rubber meets the road—in our hearts. It is in our hearts that God works the best. It is where we hear him the best.
When we open our hearts to God, he fills them with his love. When we listen for him to speak to our heart, we hear him. Perhaps we should remind ourselves of God’s love and ask him to not forsake us. That is what the psalmist does. He asks that God not forsake his handiwork, meaning us.
Asking God to remember us and to take care of us pleases God. He delights in our willingness to trust he is in control. As we trust him, he fulfills that trust, thereby increasing our confidence in him.
I pray we all know God loves us. I pray we feel his love for us in our hearts. I pray each one of us will ask God to take care of us, putting our trust and confidence in him for all our needs. Know that God loves you. Trust him with all things. Feel his love in your heart. God will love you forever.
Psalm 138:8
The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me;
your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever.
Do not forsake the work of your hands.
Marty Pressey 