Monday, January 07, 2013

God's Great Love

God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

Ephesians 2:4

God's mercy is rich beyond our imagination. The human race turned against Him and followed Satan. Adam and Eve gave up their close communion with God in order to chase a lie of Satan. Yet, God Himself came to earth to day for us to restore that relationship (Praise the Lord)! Why did He do it? It was His love for us. This verse call it His great love. That love is something I want to learn more about. I often struggle to accept that God loves me unconditionally. It doesn't depend on anything I do. He loved me before I could love Him. He created and fashioned me with love. He has a detailed plan for my life. It's up to me to live loved. I need to accept that love and realize that there is nothing I can do to earn it. My duty is to live in that love and work out His plan. As I surrender my life completely to Him and follow His leading in my life, I can give Him a meager return on the investment that He has made in me. He desires a personal relationship with me. Why, I cannot really understand. He has done so much for me, and I have done so little for Him. It must be His great love!

Lord, help me to accept and revel in Your love. Help me to realize that I don't deserve it and I can't earn it. Help me to stop trying to be worthy on my own. Help me to just accept Your love and rely on Your power in my life. I surrender my life completely to You. I ask You to show me anything in my life that is not surrendered, and I ask You for the humility and trust to give it up to You. I know that praying this kind of prayer can result in You asking me to do some very difficult things, but by Your grace I'm ready to face whatever is ahead as long as You are with me. Thank You God.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

To "live loved"...that's a beautiful way to put it. This post blessed me this morning. Looking forward to keeping up with you in this way.