Does Jesus Love Me?

I am willing to say that most of us or maybe all of us have heard that old yet familiar song, "Jesus Loves Me."  We usually leave it for the children to sing during a Sunday School activity or let them sing it to the older congregation.   I think this simple song is a great reminder for us older believers in Jesus Christ.  No matter what our age is we too need this reminder especially as we live in our world today.

We need to hear the Hymn "Jesus loves me", by William Batchelder Bradbury which says,


"Jesus loves me—this I know,
For the Bible tells me so;
Little ones to Him belong—
They are weak, but He is strong.

Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
The Bible tells me so.

Jesus loves me—He who died
Heaven’s gate to open wide;
He will wash away my sin,
Let His little child come in.

Jesus loves me—loves me still,
Though I’m very weak and ill;
From His shining throne on high
Comes to watch me where I lie.

 Jesus loves me—He will stay
Close beside me all the way,
Then His little child will take
Up to Heaven for His dear sake."

The Bible clearly tells us that yes, Jesus does indeed loves us very much.

We can even recite John 3:16 which clearly says,

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever shall believe in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life."

God does love you.  Jesus loves you so much that He died on the cross for your sins.  He took the punishment that you and I so rightly deserve.

We may know in our minds and hearts that Jesus loves us, but we may still be battling doubts because of the trials or troubles that we are going through.

We may wonder if Jesus really doe love us even we are walking through a deep dark valley of hardship and pain.  We may feel threatened on every side.  We may feel cut off from others and God Himself.  We may be facing persecution for our belief in Jesus Christ.  We may be suffering with an illness that just doesn't seem to want to go away.  We may be tempted to think that Jesus doesn't love us because things are difficult, but that is not true.  The devil wants to get us to think that way, but I urge you to not allow him to do so.  The Lord Jesus loves you even if you are going through this trial and pain.  The Lord has not abandoned you.  He is near to the broken hearted.  He is with you in your loneliness and despair.  You are loved by the creator of the entire universe.  He wants to have a relationship with you and that is available through Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:8 says,

"But God demonstrated His own love for us in this:
While we were sinners,
Christ died for us."

God loves us so very much and demonstrated that love to us by sending Jesus to die for us sinners.

In our difficulties in life we may even wonder is anything can separate us from the love of Jesus Christ.  Well if you are trusting in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior then the answer is no, but if you have rejected Him then He will reject you and you will be eternally separated from Him in a literal place called Hell.

The Apostle Paul was talking to believers in Christ who were wondering if they could be separated from the love of Jesus Christ.

We can read what Paul says in Romans 8:35-39 which says,

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine

or nakedness or danger or sword?

As it is written:

"For your sake we face death all day long;

we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through

Him who loved us.

For I am convinced that neither death nor life,

neither angels nor demons,

neither the present or the future, nor

any powers, neither height nor depth,

nor anything else in all creation,

will be able to separate us from the love of God

that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

If you are trusting in Jesus Christ and His sacrifice on the cross then nothing can separate you from His love.  Jesus loves you so very deeply and we can experience His love for us by just coming to Him in faith.  We need to open our hearts to His tender mercies that are new every morning.

Have you received His love for you?

I pray that you know that Jesus loves you not because some children song says so, but because the Lord says so to you from His Holy Word and through His Holy Spirit who dwells within every believer in Jesus Christ.

Lord,
Thank You for loving us so much even when we act so unlovable.
We praise Your name.
We uplift all of those suffering in various trials.
Touch them and heal them O Lord and draw them to You in love.
In Jesus name,
Amen.