Dear friends, I would like to share with you something I’ve personally witnessed and experienced about the love of God. During one of the young adult service worship, the song "You are my world" was sung. It wasn’t the first time this song was sung in the service but somehow, in that particular service, the atmosphere seemed to be different. I could hear a few people sobbing. Sobbing, not crying or tearing. And I was kinda shocked, why would they sob? The lyrics of this song weren’t especially sad, so to speak. If you know the lyrics of this song, it is about exalting the God you love and tell Him how much you love Him. As the song was sung and the lyrics repeated, it became evident to me why some sobbed.
We cannot say we love God until we know how much He loves us! We love because He first loved us. Of course, every one of us knows that. But how many of us know exactly how much God loves us? We don’t know! And that’s why people sob while singing this song. It is because they cannot comprehend how much God loves them. And when God begin to pour out his love upon them, they are overwhelmed by his great love.
How many times have we heard that we are useless, worthless, not lovely or not competent in our studies and work? How many times have people pointed out our flaws and weaknesses in a bid to tell us to work harder because we have not done well enough? How many times have people rejected us because of our lack of talent, popularity or looks? And we come to this conclusion that we are not worthy of being loved, not worthy of God’s love. We may even begin to despise ourselves.
Dear brothers and sisters, God loves us more than the things we do or can do. God loves us despite the things we have done. God loves us even when we’ve failed, sinned or fallen. Instead, God says," Come". To the prodigal son. To Paul who denied him 3 times. To the Samaritan women who had 5 husbands. To the poor woman who could only give whatever little money she had. But God says, "Come".
God loves us, just as we are. And He doesn’t stop loving us!
In fact, we cannot even begin to comprehend this! Even for those of us who love God, we cant even say that we understand fully God’s love for us. We doubt his love for us, so many times. "Where are you Lord?" we asked. Thus, when we experience God’s love through worship, we are overwhelmed! We say, "I’ve never felt so loved before! No one has ever loved me like Jesus does!"
And when you begin to experience God’s love for you that is beyond all understanding or logic, you’ll start to see how great is his love for you and you’ll know;
"Nothing you can do, can make Him love you more
And nothing that you've done, can make Him close the door
Because of His great love,
He gave His only Son
And everything was done, so you would come "
14 Jan 2005
