In my own little ways, I had been trying to reflect on the love of Christ, more so when the theme for this year came out from John 13:34-35 “Love one another as I had loved you”. So many things had been said about love, but did we really try to
fathom the depths of Christ love, the height and breathe of His faithfulness?
Lately, I had been listening to a song, I just love its lyrics that says, “If my heart has grown cold, there Your love will unfold; when I'm blind to my way, there Your Spirit will pray; As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand.” What a God! I can’t help but says, who am I that He would go the distance of unfolding his love when I’m going cold, or who am I that He would go as far as giving His Spirit to pray when I am blinded to my way?
Gods love is immeasurable, unfathomable, cannot be match. He would go a thousand times for us. When we ask, will you do it for me? He would answer, a thousand times for you. His love is always that of giving, His love is always that for others. His love is always that of saying, a thousand times for you. Can we also to others say, “A thousand times for you?”
The Name of Love
Love is not just the character of God, nor is it just the nature of Him. Love is the name of God Himself. He loves us first, not the other way around. His love does not depend on us loving back, because He is love. The beauty is that God has gifted us with the will, so that we could freely choose to love Him back. So our love then, is not a coerced love, or love just based on obedience or fear, but out of our own free will flowing from our heart.
No height, no depth, no creature that thrives can separate us from His love, the scripture says. What a faithful God! Gods’ faithfulness draws from its pure love for each and everyone of us. He simply could not close His eyes on us, His love is to great for us, and after all He is the source of all love.
