His thoughts are toward us, Psalm 40, verse 5 [“Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works Which You have done; And Your thoughts toward us Cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.”].

He is always ready to help, Psalm 46, verse 1 [“God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.”].

He is always ready to forgive, Psalm 51, 1 and 2 [“Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.”].

He wants us to seek him, Psalm 53, verse 2 [“God looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.”].

The writer tells us that God is for me [“for” — in the interest of, in favor of], Psalm 56, verse 9 [“When I cry out to You, Then my enemies will turn back; This I know, because God is for me.”].

He sends His mercy and His Truth to us, Psalm 57, verse 3 [“He shall send from heaven and save me; He reproaches the one who would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth His mercy and His Truth.”].

He is our defense and mercy, Psalm 59, verse 17 [“To You, O my Strength, I will sing praises; For God is my defense, My God of mercy.”].

He loads us with benefits, Psalm 68, verse 19 [“Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our salvation! Selah”].

He bestows a multitude of mercies on us, Psalm 69, verse 13 [“But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, in the acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of Your mercy, Hear me in theTruth of Your salvation.”].

He does wondrous things for us, Psalm 72, verse 18 [“Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, Who only does wondrous things!”].

He is good to us, Psalm 73, verse 1 [“Truly God is good to Israel, To such as are pure in heart.”].

He hears us, Psalm 77, verse 1 [“I cried out to God with my voice—To God with my voice; And He gave ear to me.”].

He is full of compassion for us, as well as being gracious and long suffering toward us, Psalm 86, verse 15 [“But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and Truth.”].

We are His people, Psalm 95, verse 7 [“For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand.”].

We are His sheep, Psalm 100, verse 3 [“Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He Who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.”].

He is gracious, righteous and merciful to us, Psalm 116, verse 5 through 7 [“Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; Yes, our God is merciful. The LORD preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me. Return to your rest, O my soul, For the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.”].

His mercy endures forever, Psalm 136, verses 2 and 3 [“Oh, give thanks to the God of gods! For His mercy endures forever. Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords! For His mercy endures forever.”].

Well, think about that! All of these statements have to do with the way God feels about me—the way God feels about you—the way God feels about mankind in general! When we think about God’s love toward us and we examine the Scriptures, both Old Testament and New Testament, we find these statements, as well as other statements. We see examples time and again of God’s love.

Again, think about the way God thinks about you—the way He thinks about me. Think about the close and intimate relationship—the close and intimate fellowship—that He desires to have with you and with me. That’s God’s desire! We think about God, and rightfully so, as Deity, as being Divine, as being omnipotent and being omniscient. We talked about all these things when we talked about the Bible Doctrines concerning God. We think about Him being aloof, being above us, and He is. But, look at the way He feels about us.

But there is a problem. This is the way God feels about us—this is the close and intimate fellowship that He wants to have with us. But the problem is a three-letter word. It’s called S-I-N! Sin destroys that relationship and the ability to have that relationship. It separates us from God.