So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20b (NLT)
Yesterday, we talked about love that bears all things. The love in 1 Corinthians 13:7 is translated as a covering and we equated it to being a roof of love and protection over people. And the example we live by is Christ. He was the ultimate covering, wasn’t he? The unconditional love he gave is our example.
He is our shelter in a storm.
But you are a tower of refuge to the poor, O Lord,
a tower of refuge to the needy in distress.
You are a refuge from the storm
and a shelter from the heat. Isaiah 25:4
His love for us covered a multitude of sins. He gave his life so our sins would be covered by his sacrifice.
Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. 1 Peter 3:18
He gave of himself so we would know our worth.
Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me. Isaiah 49:15-16
He is our safe place.
God is our safe place and our strength. He is always our help when we are in trouble. So we will not be afraid, even if the earth is shaken and the mountains fall into the center of the sea, and even if its waters go wild with storm and the mountains shake with its action. Psalm 46:1-3 (NLV)