When it comes to love, no one says it better than God and no one means it more.

In the first part of our Every Day Valentine series, we talked about a God who loves in spite of and not because of. We looked at Psalm 8; a very beautiful depiction of just how much God loves us. In Psalm 8, David searches for all the reasons why God could even have a slight regard for man; and he finds none. That kind of love totally amazes me.

Today we add another layer to the mystery of God’s love. That God does not just love us, but is also excellent at telling us how much He does, and equally excellent at meaning it. How exhilarating to hear this on Valentine’s Day, the universal day of showing those we love how much they mean to us!

Let me give you a little prologue to the scripture which we are getting ready to read. You know when you receive a text from someone and every additional line is progressively “worse news” than the previous one; and you are expecting the worst possible ending? But Alas… You reach the end of the text and it is as beautiful as an evening sunset at the beach with a cool breeze!

This scripture caught me extremely unawares when I first read it about 10 or so years ago. And it still undoes me each and every time I read it. I just could not believe that such words existed anywhere in the world and that they could be specifically directed to me.

Simply put; in this scripture God is saying, “My darling. My beloved. I will never force myself on you. But the moment you decide to experience my love, everything I have is yours. Wherever you go, you will always come back and find me standing right here; where you left me. I will be faithfully waiting for you.” I liken it to a marriage. God says that even if we go wayward, He will always keep at it. He will stay true to us even when we are galivanting to other places. Even when we do not keep our side of the vow which we earnestly recited on the day when we accepted Him as Lord and Saviour (and the many other days when we renewed that vow); He promises that He will always keep His side of the vow.

The relationship between God and the nation of Israel, as depicted in the old testament, is a perfect illustration of this scripture. When I read the old testament, I cannot help but exclaim at how recklessly in love God is. He stakes everything and never looks back.

Ladies and Gentlemen, here is a true and trustworthy saying. Worthy of all confidence.