The Cross, the single most
horrendous and beautiful act of love the world will ever witness, necessitated
a birth in a manger, and a Father’s loving heart. So at this time it is good to
take a moment and reflect on the love of God… the love of our Daddy.
God is enthusiastically fervent
in His pursuit of us... using love to capture our restless heart:
His love is compelling: It heals
us, stripping away our pretense in restoration.
His love is enthralling: It
captivates and commands us to be the same... to be loving.
His love is overwhelming: It is
designed to overwhelm all things, especially fear, shame, and low self esteem.
His love is comforting: He rejoices
over us with singing... lullabies of love, to quiet our worrisome heart.
His love is faithful: His
faithfulness abounds beyond our faithlessness... He simply cannot deny His love
for us.
His love is compulsive: He
passionately seeks those who seek Him... drawing them like a human magnet...
allowing them to find Him, and rewards their diligence by lavishing pouring His
love into their heart.
His love is prodigal...
wastefully extravagant: He abundantly and profusely lavishes His love on His
undeserving children.
His love is unconscionable...
irrational: His love exceeds the
rational limits of human reason.
His love is sacrificial...
outrageous and shockingly sacrificial: He gave His Beloved Son for love of a
world that hates Him.
His love is consistently
constantly constant: When we do good He approves
of us and when we do bad He accepts
us... His love is never affected by our performance.
His love is passionate... a
consuming fire overwhelming every willing heart in its path. Love is not simply
God’s choice... love is His nature... God is Love.
His love is the first Fruit of
His Spirit... the fruit from which joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control all flow.
His love is scandalous...
outrageous and shocking, to the natural mind, and never more than one heartfelt
“yes” away...
God loves us with a perfect
love... an everlasting love... a relentless love... an unquenchable,
insatiable, immeasurable, inexhaustible, irrepressible, irrational, unshakeable,
inescapable, unmovable, constantly constant unchanging
love. There is nothing we can do
to make Him love us more, and nothing we can do to make Him love us less. God loves us 100%... all the way... all the
time! He doesn’t love us for what we do
- thank God - He loves us for who we are... His children.
And it was this love that made
our reconciliation to God and restoration into sons and daughters of God
possible. So… as we celebrate the birth
of our Savior, let us reflect on the amazing love of our amazing God which
makes all that is good in life possible…
FOR… GOD IS LOVE
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