God Is In Love With You
Letting His Delight Become Your Identity
When Love Becomes “In Love”
Mother Teresa once said,
“When you know how much God is in love with you,
then you can only live your life radiating that love.”
Not “God loves you.”
God is in love with you.
There is a world between those phrases.
One feels theological.
The other feels personal.
One is true.
The other is alive.
“In love” is the language of devotion…
of desire…
of delight.
It is Love that moves toward you,
lingers with you,
sings over you,
and refuses to leave the room.
Most of us have heard “God loves you” our entire lives.
But few of us have dared to believe:
He is in love with us.
And yet Scripture sings this truth again and again.
The God Who Sings — and Spins — Over You
Zephaniah 3:17 is a window into God’s heart, flung wide and unashamed.
Here it is in the NASB: “The Lord your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.”
But “rejoice” doesn’t capture it.
The Hebrew word gil means to spin, whirl, or dance with overwhelming emotion.
Imagine that —
the God of the universe,
not just approving you,
but spinning over you,
swirling with joy,
singing your name with tenderness.
Before you ever sang to Him,
He was singing over you.
Before you ever delighted in Him,
He delighted in you.
Before you ever knew love,
you were already loved —
deeply, fiercely, wildly, eternally.
This is not distant affection.
This is a God in love.
Scriptures That Whisper His In-Love-ness
Song of Songs 7:10
“I am my Beloved’s, and His desire is for me.”
His desire bends toward you.
Isaiah 62:5
“As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.”
This is wedding-day joy —
bright-eyed, trembling, wholehearted delight.
These aren’t doctrinal statements.
They are love poems from the heart of God.
When His Delight Becomes Your Identity
Everything changes when you discover
you are the one He spins over…
the one He sings over…
the one His desire is for.
Fear loses its throne.
Shame loses its voice.
Striving dissolves.
Comparison quiets.
Self-protection softens.
You stop trying to earn what is already yours.
You stop trying to impress the One who is already delighted.
You stop trying to belong when you already belong.
You become love because you live loved.
You radiate what you receive.
This is the transformation Mother Teresa was pointing to:
When you finally believe the truth of His in-love-ness,
you become a living reflection of His love.
Reflection
Where have you viewed God’s love as distant instead of delighted?
What would shift in your soul if you believed He spins with joy over you?
How might His in-love-ness shape how you see yourself — and others — today?
Prayer
Abba Father, thank You for the wonder that You are in love with me.
Let Your delight steady my heart, quiet my fears, and awaken gratitude in every breath. Teach me to live as one You sing over — and to love others with the love that flows from Your own. Amen.