OH, HIS SWEET LOVE!

OH, HIS SWEET LOVE

As I sit here today, on this first day of summer, I am thinking about our upcoming vacation and sitting by the sea side once again and watching the ocean roll and the waves crashing onto the shore, and I am reminded of God’s love, God’s mighty creation.  I am thinking of how much He loves me and loves you.  His love is unfathomable, like the mighty ocean, rolling, rolling, never ceasing.

“Or who shut in the sea with doors, when it burst forth and issued from the womb; when I made the clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band: when I fixed My limit for it, and set bars and doors; when I said: this far you may come, and no farther, and here your proud waves stop.” Job 38:8-11.

God in His love created the mighty oceans and gave them a boundary they could not cross over.  God in His love sent our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to give His life that we may have eternal life, and His love is indeed like the mighty, rolling ocean.  How can you fathom that kind of love?  How can you fathom a God of love who would create this mighty earth with all its beauty, the skies with the stars and those lovely clouds in the blue sky?  How can we ever know the mighty depths of His love?

O THE DEEP, DEEP LOVE OF JESUS

“O the deep, deep love of Jesus, vast, unmeasured, boundless, free!  Rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me, underneath me, all around me, is the current of Thy love; leading onward, leading homeward to my glorious rest above.

O the deep, deep love of Jesus, spread His praise from shore to shore! How He loveth, ever loveth, changeth never, nevermore; how He watches o’er His loved ones, died to call them all His own; how for them He intercedeth, watcheth o’er from His throne.

O the deep, deep love of Jesus, love of ever love the best; ‘Tis an ocean vast of blessing, ‘tis a haven sweet of rest, o the deep, deep love of Jesus, ‘tis a heav’n of heav’ns to me; and it lifts me up to glory, for it lifts me up to Thee.”  (Samuel Trevor Francis)

Oh, the sweet love of Jesus when a person has had “one of those days!”  Nothing goes right, and you feel totally alone, then you realize that Jesus has you wrapped in His arms, His presence all around you.  And you can face the road ahead knowing that His love is leading you onward and upward despite the circumstances around you. And holding you in His arms He will someday bring you His perfect rest in His house above.  Oh, Praise the Lord!

“The eternal God is your refuge.  And underneath are the everlasting arms” Deuteronomy 33:27.

And like a mighty ocean wave, His praises go from shore to shore.  His Church is Mighty throughout the world, as every nationality and every color praise His Holy Name, despite much persecution in many places.  God’s church is alive and well.

And aren’t you glad that our God never changes, and our God never slumbers or sleeps but watches over His loved ones day and night.

‘Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to god through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them” Hebrews 7:25.

And in His deep, deep love for me and for you is His intercession from the Throne.  He is praying to the Father for you, for me.  He knows all the cries of our hearts and all our discouragements we go through each day.  He sees those tears and feels your pain.  He carried all our griefs and our sorrows to the cross of Calvary.  He gave His life for you for me that we might have an abundant life walking with Him here on earth, forgives our sins and is preparing a place for each one of His children.  Again, how can we describe that love that rolls on and on for His children?

And His blessings are like a mighty rolling ocean.  Each wave that rolls He brings His peace and joy, and has promised to supply all our needs.  And He answers even the smallest prayer.  I have seen in past days Him answer prayer in most unusual ways.  It is a matter of talking to Him all day in every little detail of our life.  He loves to surprise us with those answers.

And like the mighty ocean, who can understand the depth of His love?  He has loved us with that everlasting love from the beginning.  God had a plan to bring forth His Son and to redeem mankind.  God had a lamb from the beginning of time, and Christ was that perfect lamb, who gave Himself willingly that we could have forgiveness of sins, walk with Him here, serve Him here, tell others about Him, and then when our journey is over, His Mighty love will carry us on to the other shore.  And what a day that will be when we see Jesus at last!  All the struggles will be over, and we can live in peace and absolute joy with Him forever.

So next time you are at the seashore or see an ocean scene, think of Jesus and His mighty love, His eternal love as it rolls and rolls and rolls on into eternity.  Oh, Praise the Lord!

In Jesus’ Mighty Name,

Pastor Sharon