“Now my soul is deeply troubled. Should I pray, 'Father, save me from this hour'? But this is the very reason I came! John 12:27
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What is love? Many of us toss around this word and we often end up trivializing it. The word "love" is so misused and overused in our society that we hardly know what to think and how to receive it when someone says, "I love you." People seem to be on a constant quest to find new love of the week because their kind of love is temporary and base on performance. But Jesus came to show us love at its best. He came to show us God kind of love. Nothing made us attractive to God! On the contrary, we were despicable to God. But despite our shortcomings it was God's pleasure, it was God's will to predestine us to be adopted as his children. Praise God! I don't know about you, but this truth is freeing to me. To know that I don’t have to worry about being perfect and on my best behavior a all time while look over my shoulder, wondering if God is going to abandon me because I blew it yet again. Thank God I do not have to worry that God might change his mind about loving me because of my poor performance or because I show tendency to be imperfect on occasion. God already knows the worst about me -- and he chose to love me! God's love is unconditional. God loves me! God loves you! He loves us despite our imperfections quite a delight contrary to earthly, temporary, and quid Pro Quo earthly love. In a moment of intense feeling, we tend to say, "I will love you forever!" -- yet within years, or months, or even weeks, those feelings change, and we so often renege on our promises
Only love has the power to drive Jesus to accomplish what He did on that cross. Only those of us who have loved someone deeply can begin to understand what Jesus was going through during His last week on this earth. I don’t know about you, but I have great difficulty being away from those I love. I don’t enjoy separation. As stated earlier, In this world we tend to love on the basis of performance (we love people who stimulate us), and yet love still tend to be beautiful, enjoyable, and something worth finding. But Romans 5:6-8 tells us that God's love is not based on our performance! God's love, instead, is unconditional. So Jesus and the Father are one and Jesus knew that time had come and He also knew that death would separate Him completely from the Father. No wonder He felt troubled. It would have been so easy for Him to ask the Father to spare Him and the above scripture clearly tells us that the thought had crossed His mind but He was caught between a rock and a hard place. He loved the father and He also loved us. He opted to save us and to do God’s will. Praise God! The Cross of Christ is the clearest, loudest, most powerful "I love you!” ever proclaimed. When I think of Jesus love the only question that comes to my mind is why does he love me so much? I am as imperfect as it gets. The Bible does not elaborate on the reason but it makes it clear that He does because He is love. Jesus died on the Cross to take our (yours and mine) place and make complete payment for our sins so that we could spend an eternity with Him forever in heaven! He chose to die for us rather than live without us. Wow! We are absolutely, totally, completely, and indisputable love!
Father I thank you for your love. Thank you for opening the eyes of my heart so I can receive your love. Thank you for continuing to perfect what has concerned me for so long. Thank you for the sacrifice of the cross. Thank you for your son Jesus Christ, my savior and Lord!
Praise the Lord!
Happy birthday F. Davis. I love you and more importantly God loves you. May He continue to bless you with health, wealth and wisdom so you can take care of the 4 little ones. Be encouraged and be blessed!
