The Question of Love

“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you say, “How have you loved us?” - Malachi 1:2

One of the most dangerous places to be is questioning the love of God. Throughout our spiritual walk we will have times of doubt, we will struggle with understanding some theological concepts, but we must believe the Word of God and His promises to be true. In the book of Malachi he exposes and answers the doubts of those who question God’s love. We all have agendas, dreams, and goals that focus on us and when it seems like God doesn’t bless what we want or do things the way we want him to we start to question whether or not he loves us.

We all at times can have this struggle, an attitude like this is immature and needs to be grown into maturity. The people in Malachi’s time were complaining and begrudgingly offering sacrifices to God. They did not respect God, honor Him, or fear Him.

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear?” - Malachi 1:6

What should be in question is not God’s love for us but our love for God. Sometimes I think we feel like we do a good job at loving God and he needs to do a better job of loving us. How further from the truth could we be? We often think way too highly of ourselves. We view God in our image. We have a tendency to give God our scraps and that is what Malachi had to confront the Israelites about. Is God getting your scraps? Where are your first fruits going?

God loves us, this is clearly shown in Scripture, you can’t miss it if you read the Bible. If you do not believe that He loves you I challenge you to pick up your Bible and start reading. God wants us to believe, to walk in faith, and to love Him.

Further Reading: Malachi 1 & 2