“Thanks be to God for his inexpressible
gift! (2 Corinthians 9:15, ESV).
Sometimes we don’t understand the gift
of love upon us because we don’t have the capacity to comprehend its
fullness. Sometimes we can’t appreciate
the protective qualities love brings to our lives us because we bristle as it
contains our desires of independence.
Sometimes we cannot distance ourselves from the falseness of the lies making
love about ourselves that abound in our culture. God loves us and His love is upon us. Still we are limited in our capacity to grasp
the vastness of His love. We may resist
the rules of His commandments and pathways often forgetting His precious desire
for us to prosper following His ways. We
may stumble around a-bit as we let our selfishness rule in our hearts but none
of this, changes God’s love for us.
May we remember Christ earnestly desires
to bring us under His care even after our failure and sin much as He longed to
shelter the people of Jerusalem against the impending danger before them (Mt.
23:37). May we understand His protective
love is still upon us even as we selfishly rebel against His Word and His
Spirit. What a powerful thing to be
covered by God’s love as wings that would cover us (Deuteronomy 32:11, Ps 17:8;
36:7; 57:1; 61:4; 63:7; 91:4) and protect us even as are like scattered chicks
lost in the storm because we think there is no danger.
May we cast aside selfishness and see
the blessed perfectness in the sacrificial love of our Lord. May we love Him with all our heart, soul and
mind instead of being in love with the world, realizing the pursuits of the
world pass away but the love of God is eternal (1 Thessalonians 5:21-24; 1 John
2:15-17). May we mature in our understanding to go beyond childish feelings …
to understand God’s steadfast love, beholding in wonderment the endless reality
of His love being is indescribable and eternal (Ephesians 2:17-21). May we
realize His love is upon the whole world and everyone in it. May we be generous with
others remembering His great generosity to us.
All that God gives to us, is multiplied
in our generosity to others. We do not give
to others desiring praise but out of our thankfulness in knowing God’s love. When our giving is selfless and unto God, we
are blessed and our lives are enriched by His love and presence (1 Corinthians
4:6-14).
Realizing any of this should make us
truly thankful during this season of Thanksgiving. Is there any greater thing
in the world than to be thankful for God’s love through Christ in making us
His children? Is there any greater thing than to give unto others out of His great love
and share with them in their needs when God has so richly blessed us?
“Behold what manner of love the Father
has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!” (1 John 3:1,
NKJV)
Suggested Reading ... 2 Corinthians 9
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