God’s Love Will Never Leave You
Scripture — Isaiah 54:10 (NRSV)
For the mountains may depart
and the hills be removed,
but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,
and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,
says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
Focus
There is little in life that seems to be more solid and lasting than the mountains. Yet, however enduring the mountains may appear, God’s love is even more abiding. As it says in Romans 8, nothing will separate us from God’s love for us in Christ.
Devotion
Geologists teach us that mountains do, in fact, move. The towering mountain ranges of this world are a result of the slow movement of the earth’s tectonic plates. We also know that hills do disappear. Erosion wears away soft dirt and even rock, turning hills into plains and plains into canyons.
God’s love is more stable and lasting than the mountains and the hills. It will remain forever, never to be eroded away. When God commits to us, that commitment will never be broken.
The love of God, shown to Israel through God’s covenant, is revealed to the world in Jesus Christ, who embodied God’s mercy on the cross. Thus we read in the New Testament letter to the Romans: “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom 8:38-39).
What marvelous news! This is something upon which to base our lives . . . something even more lasting than the mountains and hills.
Most of us go through times in which we question God’s love. Suffering, disappointment, and injustice can make our hearts doubt. In these times, we need the reassurance of Isaiah 54 and Romans 8. We need to know, in faith, that God’s love lasts forever and will never let us go.
Reflect
How have you experienced God’s love in your life?
What difference does God’s love for you make each day?
What helps you to have confidence in God’s love for you?
If you really believed that God loved you, how might you live differently today?
Act
Set aside at least ten minutes today to reflect on God’s love for you.
Pray
Gracious God, when I think of the towering mountains, they seem so utterly stable, solid, and fixed. They feel timeless in their grandeur. Yet your love, O Lord, is so much more permanent, so much more glorious, so much more reliable. Even as the lofty peaks lift my spirits and restore my soul, so does your love.
How I thank you for loving me! Thanks most of all for revealing your love in the death of Christ. In him, I see your sacrificial love for me. In the cross, I know your love will never, ever let me go. Hallelujah! Amen.
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Mark D. Roberts
Senior Strategist
Dr. Mark D. Roberts is a Senior Strategist for Fuller’s Max De Pree Center for Leadership, where he focuses on the spiritual development and thriving of leaders. He is the principal writer of the daily devotional, Life for Leaders,...