Sunday Devotion · May 2026
God's
Stubborn Love
31 May 2026 · Sunday Service
Opening
Have you ever felt unwanted? Forgotten? Like no one truly sees the weight you carry or the quiet ache in your heart? If so, you are reading exactly the right devotion — because Ezekiel 16 tells the story of a people who felt precisely that way, and it shows us what God does when no one else cares.
This Sunday, we were taken into one of the most tender, raw chapters in all of Scripture. God reminds the people of Jerusalem of their origin — they were, in the eyes of the world, unwanted. Cast aside. Uncared for. And yet, God stopped for them.
When No One Cared, God Cared
In Ezekiel 16, God recounts how the people of Jerusalem were like an abandoned newborn — cast out, uncared for, left in an open field. No one stopped. No one helped. But God passed by and said: "Live."
This is not just ancient history. This is the testimony of every person who has ever been overlooked, dismissed, or made to feel like they don't matter. When no one cared for them, God cared for them. And He does the same for you.
He knows where we came from — not to shame us, but to show us how far His love has carried us. Our beginning does not define our worth. He does.
The ultimate proof of God's care is not a feeling — it is a fact. He died for our sins. This is love in its most costly, concrete form. "While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)
Even when the people turned away from Him — even in their unfaithfulness — God did not abandon them. His love is stubborn. It does not give up. It holds on when you can no longer hold on yourself.
Cast Your Worries on Him
1 Peter 5:7 is a direct invitation rooted in this same truth. You are not told to manage your worries, minimise them, or be ashamed of them. You are told to leave them — all of them — with God. Why? Because He genuinely, personally cares for you.
The same God who said "Live" to the abandoned child in Ezekiel 16 says to you today — "I care for you." That is not a platitude. That is a promise from the God who proved His love at the cross.
"It's God's stubborn love that never lets go of me."
Reflection
You Were Wanted by God Before Anyone Else
Whatever your story, whatever season you are in — there has never been a moment when God stopped caring for you. Even when you felt invisible, He was watching. Even when you felt unloved, His love was stubborn enough to stay.
This week, identify one worry you have been carrying alone. Write it down. Then, in prayer, deliberately hand it to God — not because the worry isn't real, but because He is more real still.
Prayer
Father, thank You for being the God who stops.
Thank You that when no one else saw me — when I felt unwanted, unseen, and uncared for — You passed by and said "Live."
I leave my worries with You now. Not because they don't feel heavy, but because You promised to carry them. Your love is stubborn and I am grateful it never let go of me.
Help me to rest in that love today.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
"Leave all your worries with Him,
because He cares for you."
1 Peter 5 : 7