Faithful Lover

It is not uncommon for that romanticism to fade after marriage. Couples no longer have to try to captivate their spouse, because the battle for their heart has already been won. While this is certainly not true for every relationship, it is true for some. If this can be true for our relationships with our significant other, can't this also be true in our relationships with God?

God continues to pursue us. He pursued us before we were ever interested in Him. He chases after us after we have been brought into the family of God.

God will never stop desiring an intimate relationship with us. In the midst of backsliding, God still desires a relationship with us. When we don't feel that we are being faithful in our quiet times, God still wants to develop our relationship.

Hearing the Gospel is not just for non-Christian or new believers. We need to preach the Gospel to ourselves every day. We need to be reminded of our first love, because our hearts are prone to wander. Tullian Tchividjian writes, "Real freedom (the freedom that only the Gospel grants) is living for something because we already have favor instead of living for something in order to gain favor."

God is our faithful lover, and He will always pursue us, regardless of how we think we are doing spiritually. He is in love with us, and He will constantly seek us out. As we let Him draw close to us, we will find that we want to draw close to Him. After all, isn't that what intimacy is about?

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