How Great is Your Love
As we approach Easter, we set aside time to contemplate the cross, Jesus’ sacrifice, His great love that paid the price for our sin. One of the greatest miracles on this Earth is to know and experience the love of our Creator. Too often, I have forgotten the awe and wonder of Christ’s love for me. Too often, I have carried on with daily life, unaware of His love that changes the atmosphere.The verses of this song speak to where we were at in our sin and helplessness;
“From the darkness I called Your name, into darkness your mercy came… you bore my weakness you took my shame, buried my burdens in fields of grace. You called me out, lifted me up – how great is Your love”
These are acts of love that came to us while we were still sinners. As a kid, my mom told me that Jesus would still have died on the cross, even if I was the only person on the earth. I have never forgotten this. That no matter who we are, our sins put Christ on that cross, and He bore it willingly – for the joy set before Him, to reconcile us back to Him. He called us out and lifted us up, so that we would rise with Him both in this life, and for eternity. And the very act of our salvation is magnified when we consider the disparity between the King and the cross;
“from the heights of heaven, You stepped down to Earth; innocent perfection, gave Your life for us. And we are amazed, and we stand in awe, for we have been changed by the power of the cross”.
He left the highest throne for what – look at the state of the world:
“for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).
Note that the verse doesn’t say “fell short” or “have fallen short.” We continually fall short of the glory of God. But when we stop and consider these things, praise the Lord for His Love and the power of His cross!
“How great… how great… how great is Your love”
What this chorus brings up from within me is a shattering perspective of life as I have known it. In light of His great love for us, everything else takes a back seat – as it was meant to. When you first fall in love, how important is anything else? The biggest priority is spending time with that person. But we lose that. The intensity changes over time, and sometimes it even fails entirely. Imagine a love that is perfect in wholeness, keeping no record of wrongs, able to sustain your very being. If the Father loves me so unconditionally, will I fear about my family’s health? If the Father’s loves me is all-encompassing, will He not provide every need, my cup running over? Oh how great, and deep, matchless and endless is the Father’s affection toward us.
Were we to count His thoughts about us, they would outnumber the sand on the shore (Psalm 139: 18).
So where do we go from here? Our default is to approach life with our own perspective, our own bias. So this shapes my reaction to people, needs and challenges. But what if we approached life with His perspective, His bias – His partiality to a certain direction – which is love for us! What if we approached challenges, lack and need through the lens of His great, immeasurable, overflowing love. What if instead of fear, we were awakened to live out our days in His love, where all other things take a back seat. That
“he who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all – how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?” (Romans 8:32).
This should be a sobering wake-up call, to those who have reduced His love to a nursery-rhyme learned in Sunday school. His love is not a soft, shallow, Valentines-day sentiment. It cost Him greatly. It’s a love as strong as death, jealousy as severe as the grave; its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord (Song of Solomon 8: 6). This love demands a response. So we stop and sing, how great, how great, how great is Your love.
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