I remember every time my wife became pregnant. Every day I would speak to her belly to tell the child inside her womb how much I loved them. For the first pregnancy I didn’t know I was speaking to two of them until two weeks before they came forth. But as a dad, even without being able to see them or to know whether they would be well behaved or not, I loved them and wanted them to know it simply because they were mine and they were wanted.

God as a Father loved us before we were ever born again. I’m not making this up, it says so in the Bible.

Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit all Three in One loved us in eternity past.

We were targeted for God's love before coming to know Jesus. How loved by Him are we now that we’re His?

Ephesians 1:3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. 4 Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. 5 God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. 6 So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.

Jesus did not die for us because we were morally good or were even trying hard to be good. I know I wasn't morally good and neither was I trying to be. I was a rebel without a cause not even thinking about God.

Jesus died for us because we were greatly loved by the Father and deemed worth rescuing before the foundation of the world. His love is an everlasting love so it hasn’t diminished over time!

The life we live now, we live by faith in the Son of God who gave Himself for us. So go live that beautiful abundant eternal life you have received and rejoice in Jesus today! It’s your privilege to do so.