Limitless
Unfortunately there are a lot of resources that aren’t limitless. We have to make hard decisions about where to spend time, money and energy because we all wish we had more and at times there seems there is never enough. Making decisions about where to spend these exhaustible resources can be stressful. I often spend too much time fretting over how to squeeze the most out of my 24 hours or out of my dollars. Having watched my mother battle cancer and die young made a lasting impression upon me that you never get time back; I guess that’s one reason I stress so much over trying to make the best possible decision because I can never go back in time and play it out differently. “The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.”(Ps 37:23). This verse has been so sweet and tender to me recently, reminding me that I’m not out there making decisions on my own, but that I have a loving and sovereign father not just looking out for me but delighting in the little details of my life. It reminds me while so many things in my life are limited that the love of God knows no limits. It is inexhaustible. We can’t wear it out.
God has been proclaiming his identity as love from the beginning in Exodus 33 and 34; Moses asks God if he could see his presence. The Lord puts him in the crevice of a rock, puts his hand over it and passes by as he does listen to what he says about himself.
“The Lord! The God of compassion and mercy!
I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations.”(Ex 34:6)
What he reveals and wants known is that, He is a God of compassion and mercy! Slow to anger and filled or abounding with unfailing love and faithfulness. He says to Moses “I lavish unfailing love” to those that are mine. The word lavish means, “to give in great amounts with out limits.” God’s love is limitless; you can’t wear it out with your neediness. There aren’t many things in life that are unfailing, something that is rock solid dependable but the love of God is.
Through the prophets God in the Old Testament is always proclaiming his love for us and He does it in this beautiful and romantic poetic symbolism. In Hosea He is a faithful husband who faithfully loves an unfaithful woman. Hos 2:19, says God loves us with unfailing love, compassion and faithfulness. In Lamentations he says, “For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty Savior. He will delight in you with gladness. With His love, He will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.” (Lam 3:17). Did you realize God takes delight in us? He doesn’t just put up with us and bear with us; He delights in us. Let that sink in a minute especially if you had a parent that you always felt you bothered, annoyed or angered. Maybe unintentionally you’ve taken this into your relationship with God and you try to keep your distance, just try to stay out of his radar. Maybe it was a grandparent or a much older sibling that you always felt you bothered. Maybe it is an irritable spouse that you can never seem to please, or a spouse that has betrayed, rejected or abandoned you. Maybe unintentionally you have carried these feelings of rejection into your relationship with God and so you have up a barrier. Maybe you are the person disappointed with you and you are putting your own feelings and emotions on God. You put too high of expectations on yourself feeling like you should be able to keep up perfect standards in all the areas of your life and think God expects that of you too.
In Isaiah God says, “You are precious to me. You are honored, and I love you. Do not be afraid for I am with you.” (Is 43:4-5). God wants you with him, so don’t try to get out of his way, don’t try to not draw attention to yourself, don’t hide or worry that you’ll bother him that as creator of the universe he has better things to do then to listen to you. He’s delighted in you and in the many details of your life, so come freely and come often and pour your heart out to the one without limits, to the one full of limitless love.
2016/09/22 at 11:35 pm