{"id":3144,"date":"2026-02-09T07:13:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T12:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/?p=3144"},"modified":"2026-02-09T07:22:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T12:22:31","slug":"the-lords-love-for-his-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/sw\/the-lords-love-for-his-own\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lord&#8217;s Love For His Own"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3144\" class=\"elementor elementor-3144\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3118bbd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3118bbd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-202c059\" data-id=\"202c059\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40ba524 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40ba524\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Lord's Love For His Own<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0301d20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0301d20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cI have loved you,\u201d says the Lord. \u201cYet you say, \u2018In what way have You loved us?\u2019 Was not Esau Jacob\u2019s brother?\u201d Says the Lord. \u201cYet Jacob I have loved;\u201d<\/em><br \/><em><strong>\u202d\u202dMalachi\u202c \u202d1\u202c:\u202d2\u202c<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"634\">Malachi\u2019s message begins where every departure from God begins\u2014in the heart. The people of Judah had lost their appreciation for God\u2019s love toward them. Moses had reminded them, <em data-start=\"304\" data-end=\"507\">\u201cYou are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth \u2026 because the Lord loves you\u201d<\/em> (Deut. 7:6\u20138). Later, Jeremiah assured them of God\u2019s enduring love: <em data-start=\"576\" data-end=\"621\">\u201cI have loved you with an everlasting love\u201d<\/em> (Jer. 31:3).<\/p><p data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"974\">God had demonstrated His love in tangible ways\u2014by choosing them over Esau\u2019s descendants, by helping them return from exile and rebuild desolate places, and by allowing them to witness His greatness displayed beyond Israel\u2019s borders (Mal. 1:2\u20135). Yet, despite all this, they still questioned Him, asking, <em data-start=\"940\" data-end=\"974\">\u201cIn what way have You loved us?\u201d<\/em><\/p><p data-start=\"976\" data-end=\"1472\">We are not so different today. Our hearts can easily grow callous to His love, and we forget that <em data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1191\">\u201cin this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins\u201d<\/em> (1 John 4:10). When we lose sight of His great love for us, our hearts slowly drift toward other things. This is exactly what happened to the church at Ephesus\u2014they left their first love (Rev. 2:4). Though busy with many good activities, their affection for Christ had grown cold.<\/p><p data-start=\"1474\" data-end=\"1779\">The same was true for Judah in Malachi\u2019s day. They began to look for material prosperity as proof of God\u2019s love and became blind to all He had already done for them. As believers today, we must allow the Word of God to continually refresh our hearts and remind us of His steadfast, unchanging love for us.<\/p><p data-start=\"1474\" data-end=\"1779\"><strong>Anchor For Today:<\/strong><br \/>Consider the greatness and the steadfastness of the love that the Lord has set upon His own.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lord&#8217;s Love For His Own \u201cI have loved you,\u201d says the Lord. \u201cYet you say, \u2018In what way have You loved us?\u2019 Was not Esau Jacob\u2019s brother?\u201d Says the Lord. \u201cYet Jacob I have loved;\u201d\u202d\u202dMalachi\u202c \u202d1\u202c:\u202d2\u202c Malachi\u2019s message begins where every departure from God begins\u2014in the heart. 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