Meditations

GOD'S KINDLY HAND, II. IF ANY ONE DOES NOT LOVE THE LORD, LET HIM BE OUTCAST. MARANATHA. COME, O LORD. FIRST CORINTHIANS 16.22. WHAT DO I SEE? A GOD WHO, EVEN AFTER HAVING GIVEN ABSOLUTE EVERYTHING, GIVES HIMSELF. A GOD WHO COMES TO SEARCH FOR ME EVEN IN THE DARKEST DEPTHS, BECAUSE MY SIN HAS MADE ME DESCEND THAT FAR. A GOD WHO TAKES THE FORM OF A SLAVE, IN ORDER TO DELIVER ME FROM BEING ENSLAVED BY MY ENEMIES. A GOD WHO MAKES HIMSELF POOR, IN ORDER TO MAKE ME RICH. A GOD WHO CALLS ME AND RUNS AFTER ME WHEN I FLEE FROM HIM. A GOD WHO DIES IN TORMENT, TO SNATCH ME FROM THE ARMS OF DEATH, AND TO GIVE ME BACK A LIFE OF BLESSING. AND YET, HOW OFTEN DO I WANT NEITHER HIM, NOR THE LIFE HE IS OFFERING ME. WHAT KIND OF PERSON COULD LOVE ANOTHER PERSON AS GOD LOVES US? OF HOW MUCH WOULD WE BE WORTHY OF BEING OUTCAST, IF AFTER ALL GOD HAS DONE, WE DID NOT LOVE THE LORD JESUS?