It is a fallacy to think that God loves some people more than he loves others. John 3:16 is very clear about that “for God so loved the world”.
However, some people are more conscious of God’s love for them than others and to the undiscerning, this may look as though God loves them more.
It’s like a man who has children and He opens up a line of credit for each one of them in His bank. His instruction to His banker is that they can access an infinite amount of money. Now, the children don’t know that their money is infinite. Some of them take only a little money so as not to take advantage of their Father’s generosity, but a few take as much money as they need and incur the jealousy of the others who feel they are inconsiderate. If only they all knew that they had access to infinite sums of money none of them would hesitate to draw from their lines of credit.
God’s love for us is infinite. He cannot love us more or less than He does today. But only those who are conscious of this great love can access the benefits of it. This is why Jesus says in Matthew 7:7 “ask, and it shall be given you”.
Unfortunately many of us are afraid or too ignorant of His love to ask which is why James 4:2 says “ye have not, because ye ask not”. You know the confidence you have in writing a check when you know you have money in the bank. That confidence is called faith in the spiritual realm and only those who know they are infinitely loved by their heavenly Father are able to make demands on the bank of heaven with the confidence that ensures that that check will be cashed!
Reno Omokri is the pastor of the Mind of Christ Christian Center and author of Shunpiking No Shortcuts To God. He can be reached on Twitter @renoomokri
