Rachel's attempts to earn the unearnable are a picture of a much greater error we can make. Like her, we find ourselves trying somehow to earn love--God's love. But apart from HIS Word, we end up with false ideas. Either we think we've been good enough to deserve HIS Love or we recognize that we arent able to earn it and assume that it cannot be ours. If the Bible makes no other point, it shouts this one; God loves us! HIS Love had no beginning and is incredibly patient. All we need to do is respond, not try to earn what is freely offered.
God has said in many ways, "I love you. I have demonstrated that love to you by all i've done for you. I have even sacrificed MY Son, Jesus, to pay the price for what is unacceptable about you--your sin. Now, live because of MY Love. Respond to ME; love ME with your whole being; give yourself to ME in thanksgiving, not as payment." Live life fully, in the freedom of knowing you are loved.
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