November 29 – December 6, 2024

I’M STUCK ON YOU!…LOVE, GOD

2 Chronicles 16:9 “…the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him…” (KJV)

Even though the Lord is so enormous, He still spends time looking for those who love Him. Our love for the Lord is of such importance to Him that He comes looking for you and for me! When we truly fall in love with Him, He cannot resist us, He MUST show Himself strong on our behalf. This Hebrew word “strong” means to fasten upon, to seize, be courageous, to strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify, to bind, conquer, restrain. Can we even grasp all He wants to do for us?

He wants to show Himself strong on behalf of you and me—we whose hearts are “perfect” toward Him. How could our human hearts ever be perfect? But the Hebrew word for perfect is “shalem” which means a heart that is complete and a heart that is “especially friendly” toward God! Fully committed and completely His.

When He finds one who seriously loves Him, this enormous God adheres Himself to that person like glue. He attaches and literally seizes ahold of that person. Think of it, if your heart is especially friendly toward the Lord, the Lord adheres Himself to you! 

Then when you are weak, GOD is gigantic strength. When you are fearful and anxious, God seizes you with mammoth amounts of courage. When you are sick, God overshadows you with a mind-blowing cure to repair and to fortify you back to divine health. When the enemy attacks you, the Lord binds Himself to you as an epic-sized weapon to restrain and to conquer your enemies on your behalf. That is a perfect picture of the enormous Brobdingnagian God who is fastened to those who truly love Him. 

How can such a little you and a little me attract such an enormous Brobdingnagian size God? The best place to start is just by having a heart especially friendly toward Him and working our way up to a heart fully committed and completely His! He makes it easy!

This is an excerpt from a 90-day devotional written by Emil and Karen. To order the full devotional, click on the TO ORDER DEVOTIONAL page.