John 15:9-10
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.“
John 15:9-10 NIV
The love about which the Lord Jesus was speaking was not the ordinary love that flows from the heart of a human soul. He was not speaking of a mother's love for her newborn, a husband's love for his bride, or the patriot's love for his country. The reciprocated love of the Father and the Son is unfathomable in human terms, for it has no beginning and will never end. It spans from eternity past into the eternal ages to come.
The Father's love of the Son, and the Son's corresponding love toward His Father is fathomless and unchangeable. It is an inexhaustible love an immutable love that knows no limits and has no boundaries, for it is an unfading love without measure, reaching beyond the extremity of everything. The mutual love of the eternal Father and His beloved Son is inestimable, bottomless, fathomless, unceasing, unflagging, interminable, constant, and pure.
As we consider the never-ending love that flows throughout the Godhead, we can recognise that this is not a love that we ourselves could comprehend, for we are fallen creatures who are limited in our understanding and whose paltry love can fluctuate with time and change with the seasons. We are surrounded by the ebb and flow of human emotions, where love can grow cold, relationships can become tired, and ardour can subside as circumstances march on.
Jesus is the eternal, uncreated Son of God Who was in the bosom of the Father from before the foundation of the world and Who has been loved by the Father from eternity past. The love that the Father has for the Son is a deep, abiding, immeasurable and eternal love. It is a love that surpasses the understanding of our limited human minds, it is a love that can never be comprehended by our understanding.
And yet on the eve of His crucifixion, Jesus told His disciples that the love that He has for them is the same as the love that the Father has for His only begotten Son. The Lord Jesus has that same depth of love for all of His children.
He loves all who are called by His name with an everlasting love, for He told us that, as the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you. Abide in My love. We are accepted by the Father, in Christ, and we are loved with an incomprehensible love by the Lord Jesus Himself, Who has called us to abide in His love.
Let us abide in Him and rest in His love so that we may bear fruit, much fruit, to the praise and honor of our Father in heaven. When Jesus asks us to obey, let’s not see it as something onerous, burdensome, and limiting. Instead, let's see Jesus’ command, and our obedience to that command, as the protection of a loving Savior trying to safeguard, bless, and care For His beloved children.
When we obey Jesus, we remain under the protection of His love rather than in the danger of our rebellion!!!
Father, thank You for this day and the amazing unfailing love with which You fill us. Lord, open the windows of heaven and let Your abundant blessings flow over my friend and family today. Father, thank You that You loved us so much that You sent Your Son to die for us. Thank You Lord Jesus for Your immeasurable love towards us. Lord, we pray that we may keep Your commands, and remain in Your love, every moment of the day, just as You kept Your Father's commands and remained in His love. Lord, your ways are not our ways, Your understanding is way beyond our understanding. Lord, use us to love others with the same love You have for them.
Father, we love You. Amen.
Be a blessing
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