Many people go through life with the feeling that God is against them. But here is what you need to know: Jesus did not come into the world and die on the cross in order to make the Father love you. He came into the world and died on the cross because the Father loves you.

One way to measure God’s love for you would be to list the joys and blessings of your life. So if you have good health, are surrounded by people who love you, and have work that you enjoy, you can rejoice in these gifts as signs of His love.

But what if you lose that great job? Or what if someone in your family becomes sick? Or what if a person you love loses interest in you? How will you know that God loves you then?

If you try to discern the love of God from your experience, you will always be in confusion. When blessings come, you will feel that God loves you. When hardship comes, you will feel that He must be against you, and you will lose the sense of His love when you need it the most!

Your experience of life in this fallen world will always be confusing. That is why we must walk by faith, not by sight. If you measure God’s love by your experience of life in this world, you will never be able to come to the settled conclusion that God loves you.