TheThree Most Important Words

“God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him (1 John 4:9 NLT).

   To me, the three most important words are, “Jesus Loves me.”  All else comes after that.  Because He loves me, I have eternal life.  We all know John 3:16, probably the most quoted and best-known Bible verse of all:  “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (KJV)  And don’t we all remember the children’s song, “Jesus loves me”?   (Lyrics by Anne Bartlett Warren in1859 and tune by William Batchelder Bradbury in 1862.)

  “Jesus loves me, this I know

 for the Bible tells me so.  

Little ones to Him belong.  

They are weak, but He is strong.”  

(Refrain)_

“Yes, Jesus loves me!  Yes, Jesus loves me!

Yes, Jesus loves me!  The Bible tells me so.”

      He has given me eternal life, eternal life that began the moment I accepted Him as my Lord and Savior.  I don’t have to wait until my body dies; I have it now.  Jesus is with me now—every minute of every day—whether I realize it or not.  Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and Father God are all available to me every moment of every day.   The Creator of the universe, the Counselor given to me to remind me of the Words of Jesus, and Jesus, the one who came to earth and experienced the pain and humiliation of the cross, are all constantly available as Jehovah, the Triune God.  That’s the most powerful and most loving being ever—eternal God, and He loves me.

  God created all this universe because He wants to have eternal fellowship with me, and He wants to have eternal fellowship with everyone.  He yearns to talk with me even when I don’t do what He desires of me.  Matthew 22:37-39 tells me what He desires, no commands:  “Jesus replied, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.  This is the first and greatest commandment.’  And the second is like it:  ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” (NIV)  He loves me ALL THE TIME!  I don’t deserve it.  I can’t earn it.  He just does it.  That’s who He is, and that is what He does.  That’s why I say that the three most important words ever verbalized are, “JESUS LOVES ME!”  I accept them as the center of my life.

   Try something.  Take time ten times a day to stop and say "Jesus Loves Me!"  See if it helps your day go netter