Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name (Ps. 91:14).
Where is our love set--upon God, or upon ourselves? Do we know His name, or are we strangers to Him? He is revealed in Jesus Christ as love and salvation. "Thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins" (Matt. 1:21).
Christ Himself says, "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment" (Mark 12:30). If we have set our love upon God, He will be the center of our life. God is love, and as we see His love displayed in the natural world and in the salvation revealed in Christ, we exclaim, "Behold, what manner of love" (1 John 3:1), and "we love him, because he first loved us" (1 John 4:19). Love begets love.
An American minister, visiting Robert MacCheyne's historic church in Dundee, Scotland, asked an old parishioner if he remembered the great preacher. Yes, he remembered MacCheyne well. "Can you recall any of his texts?" He could not. "Can you remember anything he said in his sermons?" He could recall nothing. "There is only one thing I remember, one thing I will never forget," he said. "I was just a little boy standing at the roadside one day when Mr. MacCheyne came along. He stopped and came over to me and said: 'Jamie, I'm going in to see your sister. She's dying; and, my boy, I must have you for Jesus. I cannot allow you to go on outside God's kingdom.' He had his hand on my head, and I have never forgotten the trembling of his fingers." No wonder that boy gave his heart to Christ. What blessing such a trembling touch of love would bring to many a child!
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee" (Ps. 5:11).
Where is our love set--upon God, or upon ourselves? Do we know His name, or are we strangers to Him? He is revealed in Jesus Christ as love and salvation. "Thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins" (Matt. 1:21).
Christ Himself says, "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment" (Mark 12:30). If we have set our love upon God, He will be the center of our life. God is love, and as we see His love displayed in the natural world and in the salvation revealed in Christ, we exclaim, "Behold, what manner of love" (1 John 3:1), and "we love him, because he first loved us" (1 John 4:19). Love begets love.
An American minister, visiting Robert MacCheyne's historic church in Dundee, Scotland, asked an old parishioner if he remembered the great preacher. Yes, he remembered MacCheyne well. "Can you recall any of his texts?" He could not. "Can you remember anything he said in his sermons?" He could recall nothing. "There is only one thing I remember, one thing I will never forget," he said. "I was just a little boy standing at the roadside one day when Mr. MacCheyne came along. He stopped and came over to me and said: 'Jamie, I'm going in to see your sister. She's dying; and, my boy, I must have you for Jesus. I cannot allow you to go on outside God's kingdom.' He had his hand on my head, and I have never forgotten the trembling of his fingers." No wonder that boy gave his heart to Christ. What blessing such a trembling touch of love would bring to many a child!
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee" (Ps. 5:11).
RSS Feed
