Psalm 103
Last night I was reading Ps 103
"Like a Father has compassion on his children
so the lord has compassion on all who fear Him."
We know that in it’s very nature, love isn't tamed but wild. Yet we quite happily box God and His love for those who fear him. It becomes a truth (which it is) and a building block of our faith (which it also is). But when you realise that God's love for His children is like my love for Ben (but only more perfect in every way) it dawns on you that God's love is also wild. It's passionate, it hurts, it is powerful and it goes all the way to the cross.
Being loved like that has got to be the best thing in the world. And Psalm 103 tells us that it is all ours, as long as we are people who fear God. I guess it’s a bit like our fear of the sea. We love going to the beach, but we don’t muck around with the power of the ocean. You take it seriously and treat it with the respect it deserves. God’s a lot bigger and more majestic than the ocean, so the Bible’s spot on when it tells us that we should treat Him in a similar way. The Lord only has compassion on those who take Him seriously, who take Him at His word. Once you’ve done that, the love of a perfect Father is yours.
Scott
"Like a Father has compassion on his children
so the lord has compassion on all who fear Him."
We know that in it’s very nature, love isn't tamed but wild. Yet we quite happily box God and His love for those who fear him. It becomes a truth (which it is) and a building block of our faith (which it also is). But when you realise that God's love for His children is like my love for Ben (but only more perfect in every way) it dawns on you that God's love is also wild. It's passionate, it hurts, it is powerful and it goes all the way to the cross.
Being loved like that has got to be the best thing in the world. And Psalm 103 tells us that it is all ours, as long as we are people who fear God. I guess it’s a bit like our fear of the sea. We love going to the beach, but we don’t muck around with the power of the ocean. You take it seriously and treat it with the respect it deserves. God’s a lot bigger and more majestic than the ocean, so the Bible’s spot on when it tells us that we should treat Him in a similar way. The Lord only has compassion on those who take Him seriously, who take Him at His word. Once you’ve done that, the love of a perfect Father is yours.
Scott
posted by Scott at
3:34 PM
1 Comments:
That is a very encouraging, but also challenging thing to read. Thanks scott!
Its funny, i just got home from TC where we looked at The power of Jesus as seen in Matthew 14 when he walks on water. Exactly that same idea you were talking about - He has absolute power and control over everything, including every wave of the ocean! Amazing! And definately humbling!
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