JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Exploration, today’s Reason to Believe is the strength of God’s love.

God’s strength is able to prevent destructive and divisive influences from threatening our relationship with God.

Speaking of His followers, Jesus said in John 10:27, “I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them from my hand. My Father, who has given them to me is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.”

Romans 8:38 gives us another view of the strength of God’s love. “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present, nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

This strong love of God draws us near to Jesus, and His strong love keeps us secure in His grace. We can hold on to Him with the confidence that He will not let go of us.

The strength of God’s love is a reason to believe in God’s good news.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com