Some time ago, my father asked me how much I loved him, and my response was, of course, I do love him. The questioning became more interesting when he then asked me if I could donate my kidney to him if the occasion demands it.
I took a deep thought which was followed by a deep breath accompanying my polite, apologetic but not exactly positive response [somehow, I suddenly became a stammerer. I wasn’t sure I could. I wish I could say yes but the more I thought about the 101 things that could go wrong, I know I’ll be lying if I say yes-what if it’s the only functional kidney left? What if we both don’t make it, what if and what if and what-ifs.
Yet, John tells us that ” ….God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son…” [ John 3:16]. My question is what was he thinking? If that son is all he’s got why give it up for a bunch of people who are not likely to appreciate the sacrifice? I guess the answer is obvious, he’s not like me, he didn’t have to think too much about what he’s losing; he was pre-occupied with saving man.
The love of God is too impossible for the human mind to comprehend, he just can’t! Not only does he displays love effortlessly, but he is also Love personified. That’s why John tells us that “God is love” (1 John 4:16). Only when we know him and experience can we truly love others selflessly.
How can a man claim to love God and still nurture hatred for his creature? It is like saying to me ” I love you, sir, I’ll go any length for you” and in the same breath saying to my son “I feel like throwing him down the stairs and watch him die” You either don’t love me or your profession is aimed at getting something from me. Once you have what you want, your hatred for me might be more than what you have for my son.
So, I asked you “have you truly experienced God’s love?” has it changed you? Do you truly love him also and do you love his creatures too, your brothers. “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another” (1 John 4:11-12).
Do you Love God?
In a world where everyone is eager to be heard, James gives us a different…
When God wanted to show the world what He was doing in creation, He started…
Have you ever had someone bless you with a gift at just the right moment-a…
Sin doesn’t show up wearing a name tag that says “Destruction.” It often enters dressed…
We’ve all felt it-the pull to do something we know we shouldn’t. Whether it’s lashing…
Life can feel like a marathon some days, can’t it? The kind where your legs…