We start off our journey through the book of Malachi with a call from God to His people to return to faithfulness. The people of Israel had gone through hardship and were struggling to love God and live faithful lives. They had various excuses in their hearts to excuse their rebellious attitudes. Malachi reminds the people of God’s sovereign love upon them: 1. relaying a proclamation of God’s love for them. 2. showing proof of God’s love through a comparison with their enemies. 3. allowing the people to conclude and profess that God is indeed great God loves his chosen people, of which we as Christians are a part of. We can look to Jesus as the ultimate display of God’s love for us. How we have been saved by grace serves as our motivation for loving God and living faithful lives.