The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Deuteronomy 7:7-9
Though he is best known for his years of ministry in London, Charles Spurgeon was born in a small rural village in England. Even after many years away, he still liked to return and visit the people he had known in his youth. He told the story of visiting a friend who had just finished a new barn. On the cupola they had placed a weather vane which read “God is love.” Spurgeon said that he asked his friend, “What do you mean by putting that text of Scripture on the weather-vane? Do you mean that God’s love is as changeable as the wind?” “Oh no,” the man replied, “I mean to say that God is love, whichever way the wind blows.”
There are times in our lives of trouble, testing, or trials when we are tempted to question whether God still loves us or not. But because it is a foundational part of His nature and character, God’s love never changes. He loves us because He is love, not because of anything we are or could be. He loves us faithfully, keeping all of the promises He has made. God is just as good and loving when we are hurting as He is when we are happy. He is always there whenever we are in need. “And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me’’ (2 Corinthians 12:9).
