Nothing Can "Separate Us From God's Love"-Conclusion of What Does Jehovah See in Us?

Jehovah also values our endurance.  (Matthew 24:13) Remember, Satan wants you to turn your back on Jehovah.  Each day that you remain loyal to Jehovah is another day that you have helped to furnish a reply to Satan's taunts.  (Proverbs 27:11)  Sometimes endurance is no easy matter. Health problems, financial woes, emotional distress, and other obstacles can make each passing day a trial.  Postponed expectations can prove discouraging too.  (Proverbs 13:12) Endurance in the face of such challenges is all the more precious to Jehovah.   That is why King David asked Jehovah  to store up his tears in a "skin bottle," adding confidently:  "Are they not in your book?" (Psalm 56:8))  Yes, Jehovah treasures up and remembers all the tears and suffering we endure while maintaining loyalty to him.  They are too precious in his eyes. 

Now, the self-condemning heart may resist such evidence of our value in the eyes of God. It may insistently whisper: 'But there are so many others who are more exemplary than I am.  How disappointed Jehovah must be when he compares me with them!' Jehovah does not compare; nor is he rigid or harsh in his thinking.  (Galatians 6:4)   It is with great subtlety that he reads our hearts, and he values the good-even small measures of it. 

Next time: Nothing Can "Separate Us From God's Love"-Jehovah Sifts the Good From the Bad

From the book: Draw Close to Jehovah