"Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you." I read this verse a while ago and have been thinking about it quite a bit. In the context that it is written, God is talking to His people Israel and making a covenant with them. But as we know, what pertains to God's literal "chosen people" Israel often pertains to His spiritual "chosen people" the Christians as well.
Isn't it amazing to think that we are loved by a God so mighty that even the most powerful forces on earth have no effect on his love and compassion for us? It made me think of Paul's declaration in Romans 8:38-39..."For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the Love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." How could God's love for us ever be changed if it is based on the redemptive work of His own Son? What a blessing to know that none of this is based on our own worth, but on the merits of Christ and His shed blood.
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