January 28

Love Has No Doubts

Whoever…does not doubt in his heart,
but believes…, he will have whatever he says.
—Mark 11:23

Scripture reading: James 1:2–15

I magine a young man and woman who have fallen in love. In

a short while, there is a strong love for each other. What is a
heart of love? It is a heart of faith. Faith and love are kin. In
the measure that the young man and young woman love one
another, they are true. One may go North and the other South, but
because of their love, they will be faithful to one another.
It is the same when there is a deep love toward the Lord Jesus
Christ. In this new life into which God has brought us, Paul told us
that we “have become dead to the law through the body of Christ,
that [we] may be married to another; to Him who was raised from
the dead” (Rom. 7:4). God brings us into a place of perfect love and
perfect faith. A person who is born of God is brought into a loyalty
to the Lord Jesus that shrinks from anything impure. You see the
purity of a man and woman when there is a deep natural affection
between them; they disdain the very thought of either of them be-
ing untrue. In the same way, in the measure that a person has
faith in Jesus, he is pure.
We cannot doubt in our hearts. As we read His Word and be-
lieve the promises that He has so graciously given to us, we are
made partakers of His very essence and life. The Lord is made a
Bridegroom to us, and we are His bride. His words to us are spirit
and life (John 6:63), transforming us and changing us, expelling
what is natural and bringing in what is divine.
It is impossible to comprehend the love of God as we think in
human terms. We must have a revelation from the Spirit of God. It
was the love of God that brought Jesus, and it is this same love
that helps you and me to believe. God will be your strength in
every weakness. You who need His touch, remember that He loves
you. If you are helpless or sick, look to the God of all grace, whose
very essence is love, who delights to give liberally all life and
strength and power that you need.

Thought for today: As we have heart fellowship with our Lord, our
faith cannot be daunted.
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