Unity

 

 

How He Loves Us 

 

It’s so easy to let worldly problems and concerns get in the way of our spiritual lives, to forget how great it is that we can even call ourselves Christians.  Maybe because G-d’s love for us is so much greater than we can understand, because we can't see it, wee totally forget.  But G-d is the one definition of love, and Yeshua died for us, not for animals, He does love us! 

 

And it’s only because He loves us so that we have nothing to fear at all.  No matter what problems we are facing, He, G-d is always in control.  His plan is unfolding with each passing moment, and though we don’t always understand it fully, He is making everything work for good.  I do wonder why but also am glad G-d let us know anything about His plan at all.  He is our Creator and so certainly doesn’t have to explain Himself to us. But when we do think about it, He humbles Himself to work with His us and maybe plants and animals too, I don't really know.  G-d's love is so great that He wants us to live in Him and do His work, in other words, be a Christian and let it show!  Though He is so much higher above us, He doesn’t treat us as slaves.  He doesn’t even treat us as servants.  He actually calls us friends (John 15:15)!  And through our Lord are not only friends, but sons and daughters...

 

It’s so easy to lose sight of all this, especially when things are difficult.  Sometimes it feels like we’re going to fall down under the weight of our own self.  But Yeshua tells us not to worry, to trust Him.  The burdens of this world can be heavy, make us feel like the whole world is on their shoulders, but Yeshua died to forgive our sins which rolled our burden away.  He wants us to rise, to take away all of our pain and suffering and give us His yoke, but He can’t if we’re too focused on ourselves.  Yeshua is calling us to fix our eyes on Him so we can be filled with His love and peace.  Yeshua is desperately seeking for us to open our hearts to Him so that they can be filled with Him (John 3:16).  He wants to take away all the darkness and be one with us, put us in His light.

So let us give thanks for such great and incredible love, for a love that couldn’t be stopped by death and so can’t be stopped by anything else we experience in this world and for a love that is pursuing us with every breath we take with an intensity unlike anything else.  We should all be grateful for so great a Savior and respond to His love!  Let us go and be filled with His love, act on it as he acted to teach us.  Do it all because G-d loves us!