How deep the Father’s love for us

a verse or two

How deep the Father’s love for us 
How vast beyond all measure 
That He should give His only Son 
To make a wretch His treasure 

[verse one of the hymn by Stuart Townend]

Spiritual Walk and Musings: How Deep the Fathers Love for us.

The following quote by David G Benner articulates the profound depth of the Father’s love for us; it is from the book “Surrender to Love”.

“The Christian God is unlike any god humans could ever imagine. In fact, the Christian God operates in a manner so often unlike what we even want or are ready to receive that it is obvious that such a God is no mere projection of human imagination or desire. The great distinctive of the love of the Christian God is that there are no strings attached to it. God simply loves humans. He created us for a love relationship with himself, and nothing that we can do—or not do—changes the love he bears us.

The notion of God's loving us unconditionally is absolutely radical. As Philip Yancey has written, "The Buddhist eight-fold path, the Hindu doctrine of karma, the Jewish covenant, and Muslim code of law—each of these offers a way to earn approval. Only Christianity dares to make God's love unconditional." The God Christians worship loves sinners, redeems failures, delights in second chances and fresh starts, and never tires of pursuing lost sheep, waiting for prodigal children, or rescuing those damaged by life and left on the sides of its paths.

The Christian God of grace stands in stark contrast to the vindictive, whimsical, threatening and often capricious gods of other religions. Only the Lord God unconditionally cherishes human beings....”

To Pray and Ponder: Praise to the Father for sending the Son.

David G. Benner makes the comment that “the good news of Christianity is something that we would have never discovered if Jesus had not come and shown us the character of God.” Never would we have gained understanding of God’s deep love for us if not for the sending of the Son. When on your own, perhaps walking along a beach or wherever—why not ponder the what-if if the Father had not sent the Son and then spend time thanking and praising the Father for sending the Son.

God Bless, Jon