Everybody needs and wants to be loved. In fact, psychologists and sociologist describe love, affection, or belonging as one of our top fundamental needs of human beings. In order to thrive as individuals, we need love.

Consequently, for various reasons, people who—for whatever reason—don’t feel loved are constantly seeking it, often in the wrong places. However, I don’t want to focus on the negative indicators. I’d rather talk about the good news.

The good news is that we can all experience daily love. Every day. No exceptions.

The living God loves us and His love will never fail. He said:

“The Lord your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy” (Zeph. 3:17).

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?  . . . But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, [nothing]shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Rom. 8:35-39).

Furthermore, He asks us to abide in His love as the branch abides in the vine, to live in His embrace and share His joy. He wants our joy to be full. It doesn’t get better than that.

“Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.  If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments, and abide in His love.  These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full” (John 15:9-10).

“Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, And which have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him” (1 Cor. 2:9).

“Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments” (Deut. 7:9).

We experience such love from God only as we give our love to Him. “Wherefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for Him” (2 Cor. 2:8).

Are you abiding in God’s love? If not, why not? Valentine’s is a season of making and declaring commitments of love. It is a good time to reaffirm your love for the Author of love—the One who loves you most.