My King, my God, my Jesus,
The magnitude of Your love, the magnificence of Your love astounds us. Your love is so much greater than we can comprehend. You, Who always were, always is, and always will be, left the radiance, the awe and the reverence of Heaven to become an obscure carpenter, in a backwater little town, in a conquered country. You didn’t look like what we thought Messiah should look like so we did not know You.
As You traveled the roads of Israel, You touched us with all the love that fills eternity. You healed our bodies, our minds and our souls. You taught us that God is love. You taught us to serve others. But You didn’t say what we thought Messiah should say, so we didn’t hear You.
Then that last night. You watched as Judas left the upper room. You knew where he was going, You could have easily stopped him. But Your love was stronger, so You didn’t. In the garden as You prayed, You knew the soldiers were on their way, and still You said to Father, “Thy will be done.” The soldiers thought to force You to go with them. They did not know that nothing on this earth could force You to go where You would not go. But because of Your stunning love for us, nothing on this earth could stop You from going to Your death.
You taught us that greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for a friend. Then You showed us a greater love – You showed us Your love, the love of God. You laid down Your life for those who loved You. And You laid down Your life for Judas, Caiphas, Pilate, Herod, Barabbas, the soldiers who spit on You, the crowds that screamed for Your blood, and for me. You died for us when we did not love You.
The cold fingers of death slowly crawled through the Creator of Life and the eyes that saw through the centuries to see me and to love me dimmed. I stand before Your cross and see Your lifeless body broken, and battered beyond recognition. I see in awful clarity the price paid to redeem me from my sins. I know that You were pierced for my transgressions, You were crushed for my iniquities. My soul has only one response to You, “Who am I, LORD God, that You should love me like this?”
On Easter morning You rose from the dead, defeating death and the grave. Everything changed at that moment. Through Your resurrection You set us, the captives of sin free, You gave us an eternal life to be lived in Your presence. You provided us a way to come home to You. You gave us everything and demanded nothing.
We did not know You then LORD Jesus, but we know You now. Help us to know You better. Help us to be more like You every day, help us to walk closely in Your footsteps. Use us to show the world Your love for them.
We did not hear You then, but we hear You know. Help us to make Your words more that just writing in an ancient book. Help us to make them the foundation that we build our lives on. Let us use them as the guide for every word we speak, every thought we think and every action we take.
We did not love You then, but how we love You now. If I spoke every language ever known on earth, still, my Jesus, I could not fully tell You just how much we love You. We open our hearts to You, LORD, we hold nothing back from You. See within us what our words cannot say. Take as much joy in our love for You as we take in Your love for us. Because of Your love for us, You gave us everything and demanded nothing. Because of our love for You, we gladly give ourselves to You. Because You demanded nothing from us, we freely give everything to You.
There is only one thing LORD that I ask of You. Do not ask me to leave You or to stop from following after You. I cannot do that. You are my only source of life. To leave You is to die.
Help us to be the moon that reflects Your light, the light of the Son, into this world of darkness so that all can know You, all can hear You, and all can love You.
You gave us a love so great we cannot comprehend us. We give You our love which is greater than we knew was possible.
Thank You for what You did for us. We love You LORD.
Posted by Valerie at April 8, 2007 06:05 AM