Love Is a Commitment, Not a Feeling

Everybody wants to be loved, and everybody wants to feel loved — but too few of us can even define what love actually is. In this episode of Clearview Today, we continue our Getting to Know God series with one of His most familiar and most misunderstood attributes: the love of God.We talk about why the pictures of love we absorb from movies, music, and novels are an incomplete picture at best — good writers who know how to pluck our heartstrings — and why the only place to find both the definition and the demonstration of real love is Scripture. Working through Ephesians, 1 John, and Jeremiah 31, we look at a God who chose us in love before the foundation of the world, who loves not because of anything we perform but simply because He is love, and whose love is everlasting — not infinite in quantity but in chronology, reaching back before time itself began.Along the way, the guys share personal stories of learning what love really is: Dr. Abidan Shah on the handshake with Nicole's father that showed him a love he couldn't explain, and the season in 1993 when his life fell apart and he surrendered it back to God; and a youth-camp night at fifteen when the words "God loves you" landed for the very first time. The episode closes where it has to — love is a commitment, not a feeling. Facts come first, faith follows facts, and feelings follow faith. Don't wait to feel it before you come to the God who has loved you all along.Support the showDr. Shah writes a personal letter every week — reflections on Scripture, faith, and living it out with clarity and purpose. GET THE LETTER If you enjoyed the show, please like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, and also subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is an excellent way to stay connected to the Clearview team and ensure you don't miss a thing.PRE-ORDER BYZANTINE TEXTFORM: https://subsplash.com/u/-MPJ586/forms/d/1090d08a-49c0-498a-ad97-5c0fd575fa9eSUPPORT OUR SPONSORS:MIGHTY MUSCADINE SUPPLEMENTSLEBLEU ULTRA-PURE WATERKEEP YOUR KIDS PROTECTED ONLINE--->> DR SHAH'S BOOKS>> SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE>> CHECK OUT ALL OUR SHOWS