"....His love endures forever." (All through Psalm 136)
Another translation says, "for His great love is without end." The psalmist is reminding the People of God that from the "beginning," or as Micah described it, "from days of eternity," the Lord God, Father, Son Jesus, Holy Spirit is, "love endures forever," or, "love...without end." When He created the Universe, "His great love is without end." Through the centuries of persecution, attempted genocide of His People, the hostile empires, Egypt, Babylon, Media-Persia, Greece, Rome, Ottoman, the Third Reich, "for His great love is without end." This is the One Who lives and dwells in you and me today. This is God, "Immanuel, God with us," Jesus, "The Word of God," Who, "became flesh and dwelled among us."
Through the loss of our Stephen, the loss of parents and grandparents, the difficult times, the good times, the ups and the downs, "for His great love is without end." His love endures and outlasts all the Enemy can through at us. His love breaks the power of depression, sickness, disappointment, stupid decisions which cost so much. Yes, "....His love great love is without end," in the loneliness, even "when doubts and fears assail. This is the Love manifested in Jesus Christ on that Roman Cross, "Love (Who) endures forever, the, "great love (Who) is without end."
I pray you take great comfort in the reality of our text. The love of God "spans" history and eternity. His love was in your mother's womb while you were being formed. From "day one" to this very moment, right there wherever you are reading this, as the song writer described it, "His great eternal love," has been following you, protecting you, keeping you, saving you. You and I have no reason for despair today. We do have, however, every cause to say with the psalmist of so long ago, "Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love endures forever."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I don't know my beginning or my end; but I do know You. It is enough. Amen.
Another translation says, "for His great love is without end." The psalmist is reminding the People of God that from the "beginning," or as Micah described it, "from days of eternity," the Lord God, Father, Son Jesus, Holy Spirit is, "love endures forever," or, "love...without end." When He created the Universe, "His great love is without end." Through the centuries of persecution, attempted genocide of His People, the hostile empires, Egypt, Babylon, Media-Persia, Greece, Rome, Ottoman, the Third Reich, "for His great love is without end." This is the One Who lives and dwells in you and me today. This is God, "Immanuel, God with us," Jesus, "The Word of God," Who, "became flesh and dwelled among us."
Through the loss of our Stephen, the loss of parents and grandparents, the difficult times, the good times, the ups and the downs, "for His great love is without end." His love endures and outlasts all the Enemy can through at us. His love breaks the power of depression, sickness, disappointment, stupid decisions which cost so much. Yes, "....His love great love is without end," in the loneliness, even "when doubts and fears assail. This is the Love manifested in Jesus Christ on that Roman Cross, "Love (Who) endures forever, the, "great love (Who) is without end."
I pray you take great comfort in the reality of our text. The love of God "spans" history and eternity. His love was in your mother's womb while you were being formed. From "day one" to this very moment, right there wherever you are reading this, as the song writer described it, "His great eternal love," has been following you, protecting you, keeping you, saving you. You and I have no reason for despair today. We do have, however, every cause to say with the psalmist of so long ago, "Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love endures forever."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I don't know my beginning or my end; but I do know You. It is enough. Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
