Let God Be True!
Let God be true, and every human being a liar.
Romans 3:4
Do you know what one of the biggest reasons for doubt is among Christians? It’s the desire to know for ourselves that God loves us.
What I mean is this. In the Bible, God tells us he loves us. But maybe I don’t feel loved. So, even though God tells me he loves me, I want to know for myself that God loves me.
How can I know that for myself? Maybe I look at how my life’s going. Am I healthy? Am I comfortable? Am I successful?
You might be now. But if you aren’t now, or if in the past you weren’t, or if in the future you aren’t, does that mean God doesn’t love you? Do his words not line up with his actions?
Well, maybe it’s because you haven’t earned God’s love that you’re not healthy or comfortable or successful. But Asaph, the writer of Psalm 73, makes it clear you don’t have to earn health or comfort or success from God.
I envied the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.They have no struggles;
their bodies are healthy and strong.
They are free from common human burdens;
they are not plagued by human ills.Psalm 73:3-5
The wicked didn’t earn any of these. They despised God. Yet, they had them all.
Maybe you’re just lacking that inner feeling. God tells you he loves you. But you just don’t feel it. Your heart has no peace. Your hands and lips keep on sinning. How could God love you?
The prophet Jeremiah tells us, “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?” (Jeremiah 17:9).
The beauty of God is that takes our eyes and our hearts out of the equation. He doesn’t point us to our life’s circumstances. He doesn’t point us to ourselves. He point us to himself.
He says, “I love you.” So, let God be true and your own humanity be a liar. If your heart says, “God doesn’t love me,” whom should you believe? “If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything” (1 John 3:20).
God’s the one who makes everything work. He’s the one who says, “The one who sins is the one who will die” (Ezekiel 18:20). He’s also the one who says, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Joel 2:32).
Will you only believe him when he tells you you’re a sinner? Will you not also believe him when he promises you salvation through his name for Jesus’ sake?
Stop looking inward to know if God loves you. Your heart can’t tell you what God is feeling. Your mind can’t tell you what God is thinking. Only God can. So, “let God be true and every human being a liar.” Listen to what he says. He says, “I love you.”