The depths of His Love

What do we know about Love? Human love has boundaries, limits, demands,obligations and requirements. We love others because of the favors they can do for us. We love others because of the places they can take us. We love others but not as much as we love others. What is up with our love? Its tainted. But we are to love others the way Jesus loves others. We must take our eyes off of our hearts and love them the way our Heavenly Father loves them. Ephesians 2:1-10 express the depths of God's love. It is so deep v7 says that "he might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come the immeasurable ( limitless, surpassing ) riches of his free Grace...." (amplified version). Did you see those words? God wants to clearly demonstrate his limitless, immeasurable and surpassing Grace to us. Those are attributes of a loving God. We meet people or have friends who love us so much, that they would probably donate a body part or sell thier house for us. Think about this for a moment..... God sent his ONLY Son, Jesus to die for us (John 3:16). Remember, Jesus was with God when they created the heavens and earth (John 1:2),and He is Holy (Leviticus 11:44). Our Heavenly father gave up his beautiful son for us. But heres the good news. In Ephesians chapter 2 it shows us the depths of God's love. Verse 1 breifly explains that we were dead in our sins. Verse 2 speaks about how we walked habitually in the world. How we were following the course and direction of this fallen nature. Obeying Satans lies,schemes and traps. Careless and rebelious opposing Gods way. Verse 3, we were controlled and governed by our fleshly desires and passions. Entangled by thier sick addictions, and possessing corrupted minds. And because of all that, we became Gods wrath. All of us deserve his just judgement. Why? Because we have sinned against a Holy God, we have fallen short of his glory (Romans 3:23). Friends, our sins have seperated us from God. But heres the beauty, in verse 4 reveals his heart. "But God is rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us" (NKJV). Because of his never-ending love, and of his immeasurable depths of Grace, God sent his only son to take away our sins. And because of that sacrafice, he have been reconciled to him. Even while were dead in our sins, he continues to forgive us. When we do not love others, he loves us. When we hate our brother or sister. He continues to love us. When we question him. God, the father, still loves us. Remember, he is rich in mercy and full of Grace. Grace means unmerrited favor. Which also means giving us something that we don't deserve. What has he given us? The gift of eternal life. That is something noone else can give. You cannot buy that at a garage sale. You don't have to earn his love, you don't need to work for it. He has already given it to you. We just have to recieve, accept it and then walk in it. As the song goes, "your love is deep, your love is high, your love is long, your love is wide". Come and see that the Lord is good. Come and swim in the depths of his love. Be Blessed