“Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations” (Deuteronomy 7:9 KJV; see Hebrews 11:11).
Nearly everyone is familiar with the adage, “I’ve got some good news and some bad news,” which is applicable today as we read Deuteronomy 7:9, 10. In the big picture, the good news is that God is faithful and merciful to those who love Him; the bad news is that He is faithful to destroy those who hate Him.
Yet, for the believer, the news is all good: The Lord is faithful and always does what He says, full of grace and steadfast love, and He will ultimately demolish His (and thus our) enemy. In this passage, Moses emphatically says to know this.
Paul said it this way concerning God’s love,
“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38, 39 KJV).
When the Apostle writes that he is persuaded, he has an unwavering certainty of God’s love.
Death can’t separate His love; instead, it moves the believer from faith to sight.
Life’s trials can’t separate His love from us because He knows how we feel.
The spirit world can’t separate His love from us because He is far above all principality and power.
What is happening right now in our life—things present—can’t detach His love from us, and neither will things to come since He always provides a way of escape.
Nothing high, nothing low, nothing created has the power to separate God’s love from us because His love for you and me is in Christ Jesus—the One who has all power.
John stated in his first letter, “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us…” (1 John 3:1). Manner means “from what country or race; then, of what sort of quality. It is used of the quality of both persons and things” (Vincent). There is no “quality” better than Jesus Christ, and He has been given completely (bestowed) to us!
Praise God for His faithfulness, and let’s rejoice in His promises today, for He is faithful!
