Recently Rihanna has come out with a song entitled, “We Found Love”, and in it is a message about finding love where it is impossible to find. The phrase that repeats itself over and over is “we found love in a hopeless place.” As catchy as this song is, it is an outcry of modern culture that wants to find love and acceptance. So many people are struggling to find someone to love and love them back that they will do anything it takes and try anything it takes to find love. They turn to drugs, sex, violence, and empty relationships. They feel hopeless because they’ve done everything they can to find love, but all their efforts lead them nowhere. The same was true for all of us…until Jesus showed up.

We were all separated from God, making our chances of having a loving relationship with Jesus hopeless. We had no chance of ever finding true love, but Jesus came to earth to crush that separation and show us true love. We were in a hopeless place, having no way of ever being in a loving, eternal relationship with God; but Jesus laid down his life despite our failure to love him. Romans 5:8 says, “But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” God knew that we could never experience his love in the hopeless state we were in, so he sent his son Jesus to die for us. By accepting Jesus and believing what he did for us, we are able to find love even in the hopeless place we are in.

He has promised to love us when we least deserve it. He selflessly acted on our behalf on the cross. He is our refuge, and he is ever protective. He modeled the love we are to express, and as he lives in us, he empowers us to love like only he can. We were weak, helpless, and hopeless because we couldn’t do anything on our own to save ourselves and find true love. But Jesus came to rescue us and die for us because he first loved us. That’s what it takes to come alive.

If you are looking for love in a hopeless place, remember that Jesus came and died for you to bring that love to you. Have you found love in a hopeless place?

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