John 14:15-26 ESV
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. [16] And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, [17] even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. [18] “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. [19] Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. [20] In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. [21] Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” [22] Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” [23] Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. [24] Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me. [25] “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. [26] But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

Love is in the air! Valentine’s day is celebrated almost by everyone because everyone is looking for real love that will give them security. Sadly, Eros love is fickle and all about carnal emotions.
Romans 5:8 says God loved us even in our sinful states, the love that transcends emotion and physical attributes.
Pure love is important! People do all manners of evil in the name of love, kill, cheat, abuse and do more to those we profess to love, creating insecurity that contributes to the power of our dependency on Eros love.
Believing that love can bring lasting security may be hard for those who have been abandoned, abused, and neglected.
We will be persecuted, hated, mistreated, misunderstood, lied about, gossiped about, and some get deeply hurt, leaving scars that last for a lifetime. Sometimes the attacks come from those closest to us, but Mark 12:31 says to love everyone as yourself; what you won’t do to yourself, you don’t do to others because of love.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 outlines what love should look and be like if not based on emotion and passion.
God’s love for us never dies, fail, end, or become contaminated, it’s excessive love at its best.
Jesus promised not to leave us as orphans in John 14:18 because of the love He has for us. Unlike man’s love, nothing will change how God feels about you. We may ask, how can I trust in God’s love when it feels like all I’ve ever known is love that disappoints? Here’s the difference: Jesus is the only one who entered our lives through the “one-way” door of death. God declared His love for us by sending His only Son into the world to die for us, this is real love, He sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins says 1 John 4:9-10.
The psalmist wrote, “The wind blows, and we are gone . . . But the love of the Lord remains forever with those who fear him” Psalm 103:14-17.
God’s love is unconditional and always waiting for us. Turning our life over to God involves opening the door of our hearts to His love. Filling up on God’s love helps us meet our deepest needs and overcomes our most powerful insecurities.
The most important thing you can do as a Christians are to love God and people. But before we can love anyone, we must receive God’s love. Because you can’t give something you don’t have.
So, do you know that God loves you? It’s one thing to understand that God is love and He loves you, but it’s another to know and experience His love personally. If you need to get a deeper revelation of God’s excessive, possessive, and unfailing love for you, a good place to start is to meditate on this truth based on God’s Word: “God loves me unconditionally!” God’s love is amazing! 1 John 4:16 says God is love. God’s love is the medicine that can heal every wound in your soul: a broken heart, the pain of rejection or abandonment or any other hurt you’ve experienced. You are excessively, passionately loved by the King of kings, so, embrace God’s, excessive love.
Shalom