Inspired by Markrobinsmusic, I have decided to return to blogging. (Check out Mark’s new blog here or his website)
I wrote a song a while back inspired by something someone said to me about how they felt as though God didn’t love them as much as other people, after all, other people received prophecies, visions and saw miraculous things, and this person only had an “normal, ordinary life”, not feeling as though God’s voice was ever heard in a tangible way.
This got me thinking: Do we sometimes put too much emphasis on signs and wonders and not enough emphasis on the greatest public display of devotion demonstrated by God in Jesus? Do we sometimes, in looking to what He is going to do, forget what He has already done?
God, who holds the stars in space and the planets in their place, who with a wave of his hand paints the colours of the sunset and pulls back the blanket of night, died for us.
The same God who with a word can calm the raging seas, stilling the waters of the storms, who with one word can raise the dead to life and heal the sick, allowed His heart to become still and stop beating for each and every one of us.
This is the God we worship. This is the God who loves us enough to give up His power, lay down His life and die to save you and to save me.
What other reason could he have for doing that if not a Love that is greater than anything we could ever imagine?
So, if at any point you feel like God is distant and doesn’t care, or that maybe He doesn’t love you as you are not as “spiritual” or prophetic as other christians at your church, remember this: 1 John 3:16 – “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.”
I Know You Love Me by Alex Boxall
