God’s Love Never Fails.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen, in the preface to his book The Life of Christ, wrote, “Christianity, unlike any other religion in the world, begins with catastrophe and defeat.  Sunshine religions and psychological inspirations collapse in calamity and wither in adversity.  But the Life of the Founder of Christianity, having begun with the Cross, ends with the empty tomb and victory.”

When Paul in 1 Corinthians 13 states for us how “love is patient” and “is kind,” how it “does not envy ...does not boast” or brag or inflate itself with arrogance, how it is neither “rude” nor “self-seeking,” how it is “not easily angered” and “keeps no running record of wrongs,” when he speaks of how “it always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres” and how it “never fails” {vv. 4-8a}, he is stating for us the reality of the Resurrection, a power beyond our ability to imagine.  For the only One who can weave this kind of love into the fabric of our lives is the Spirit of Christ, the power who conquered the grave and raised up the Lord of Glory {Rom. 1:4}.

Therefore, when all seems lost and the night is at its darkest, remember …love never fails.

When the demons of doubt, disappointment and despair are railing at your soul, remember …love never fails.

When the times are tough and the Battle is raging, remember love never fails.  And a love which refuses to speak up and speak out, to wage war against the agents of evil, is nothing more than sentimental nonsense.

When the motivation to walk “in step with the Spirit” is gone, when the hope to live as a Child of the King is fading, just remember… love never fails.

When there’s no passion left for prayer, no hunger to see a death-bound world brought roaring to Life, a dying Christian Community renewed and restored by the Spirit of Grace and Glory, remember love never fails.

When fear overrules faith and those we love desert us, remember love never fails!

We serve a God who has promised, sworn on the Life of His Son, to “never leave” us nor “forsake” us— Deuteronomy 31:6; Hebrews 13:5.  Because He has sworn never to forsake us, because He has sworn His “love” will never fail us, we are to “say with confidence, with boldness, ‘The LORD is with me….  The Lord is my Helper; I will not be afraid.  What can mere man do to me?’” {Heb. 13:6}.

God’s love never fails— which means He never fails.  Our hearts rest in the hands of a Father who never fails!  My friends, that is gloriously Good News.  And the world needs to know it.

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