THE STEADFAST LOVE OF THE LORD

There is no greater subject to study, in my personal opinion, than to contemplate on the the subject, the love of God. It is at the very core of who God is, and what He is all about…His nature, His personality and His character. Oh, what kind of love it is, that it should love people who are wicked, evil and rebellious, and pay for them, and their welfare, the ultimate sacrifice – the likes of which is unseen, and will never ever be seen – the one that we see on the cross of Calvary. 

We can never fully grasp, the depth and the heart, that loved us with such amazing love. It is simply impossible for us to comprehend it in any true sense.
– What kind of love should compel God, to rescue the very person, who had rejected Him, and walked away from Him?
– What love it is that goes in search of the sinner?
– The Good Shepherd, that He is, who leaves the 99 of His sheep, and goes searching for the one, which was lost, at such great risk.

Small wonder then that we have this beautiful worship song, “THE STEADFAST LOVE OF THE LORD NEVER CEASES” by Edith McNeill, in early 1970’s. Here are the lyrics of the same.
– “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; God’s mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning, new every morning; great is your faithfulness, O Lord, great is your faithfulness.”
What a song of worship, that so aptly, and appropriately, puts to words and music, the love of God.

When we meditate upon the love of God, we can’t but fall on our faces and worship Him. If we truly understand the love of God, we would do nothing else. For such is the love of God, our LORD.
– “6 The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, 7 keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.” 8 And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped.” – Exodus 34:6-8

What is our response, this morning, to God’s amazing love? Would we respond like Moses? Even as we attempt to understand the love of God, may we ever so clearly realise our fallen nature, and always remember its rebellious sinfulness. This helps us know the love of the LORD, in all its splendour and grandeur. Even so the LORD help us.