Love Came Looking
04/28/2026
Sometimes the love of God feels like a phrase we know so well that we forget how shocking it really is. God did not love us from a distance. He did not simply send a message, offer advice, or wait for us to find our way back home. He stepped into our world, into our pain, into our sin, and into our need.
“This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.”
- 1 John 4:9
God’s love is not just something He says. It is something He showed.
John tells us that the clearest picture of God’s love is Jesus. Not comfort. Not circumstances. Not everything going our way. Jesus is the evidence. Jesus is the proof. Jesus is the demonstration that God’s love is not theoretical, sentimental, or fragile.
He sent His one and only Son into the world.
Think about that. God did not send what was leftover. He did not send an angel, a prophet, or a temporary solution. He sent His Son. Heaven’s greatest treasure became earth’s greatest gift.
And He came so “that we might live through him.”
That means Jesus did not come merely to improve our lives. He came to give us life. Real life. Eternal life. Restored life. A life no longer defined by shame, fear, guilt, or distance from God.
Sometimes we try to live for God before we learn to live through Christ. We strive harder, promise more, and beat ourselves up when we fall short. But John reminds us that life begins not with our effort, but with God’s love. We do not earn this love. We receive it. We live through it. We are changed by it.
Today, when you wonder if God loves you, look at Jesus. When you feel unworthy, look at Jesus. When the enemy whispers that you are too far gone, look at Jesus. The cross declares that God came looking for you before you ever knew how to look for Him.
Take a few minutes today to thank God specifically for sending Jesus.
Read 1 John 4:9 slowly and personalize it: “This is how God showed His love to me…”
Look for one way to show someone else the kind of love God has shown you, not just with words, but with action.
Let today be a day where you stop trying to prove you are lovable and start living from the truth that you are already loved in Christ.
Lord, thank You for showing Your love by sending Jesus. Help me not to rush past the wonder of that gift. Teach me to live through Christ today, not through fear, striving, guilt, or my own strength. Let Your love shape the way I see myself and the way I love others. Amen.
Pastor Jeff
#LoveGod #LovePeople #FindFreedom #FindYourDesign
Sometimes the love of God feels like a phrase we know so well that we forget how shocking it really is. God did not love us from a distance. He did not simply send a message, offer advice, or wait for us to find our way back home. He stepped into our world, into our pain, into our sin, and into our need.
“This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.”
- 1 John 4:9
God’s love is not just something He says. It is something He showed.
John tells us that the clearest picture of God’s love is Jesus. Not comfort. Not circumstances. Not everything going our way. Jesus is the evidence. Jesus is the proof. Jesus is the demonstration that God’s love is not theoretical, sentimental, or fragile.
He sent His one and only Son into the world.
Think about that. God did not send what was leftover. He did not send an angel, a prophet, or a temporary solution. He sent His Son. Heaven’s greatest treasure became earth’s greatest gift.
And He came so “that we might live through him.”
That means Jesus did not come merely to improve our lives. He came to give us life. Real life. Eternal life. Restored life. A life no longer defined by shame, fear, guilt, or distance from God.
Sometimes we try to live for God before we learn to live through Christ. We strive harder, promise more, and beat ourselves up when we fall short. But John reminds us that life begins not with our effort, but with God’s love. We do not earn this love. We receive it. We live through it. We are changed by it.
Today, when you wonder if God loves you, look at Jesus. When you feel unworthy, look at Jesus. When the enemy whispers that you are too far gone, look at Jesus. The cross declares that God came looking for you before you ever knew how to look for Him.
Take a few minutes today to thank God specifically for sending Jesus.
Read 1 John 4:9 slowly and personalize it: “This is how God showed His love to me…”
Look for one way to show someone else the kind of love God has shown you, not just with words, but with action.
Let today be a day where you stop trying to prove you are lovable and start living from the truth that you are already loved in Christ.
Lord, thank You for showing Your love by sending Jesus. Help me not to rush past the wonder of that gift. Teach me to live through Christ today, not through fear, striving, guilt, or my own strength. Let Your love shape the way I see myself and the way I love others. Amen.
Pastor Jeff
#LoveGod #LovePeople #FindFreedom #FindYourDesign
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