It's been a month since we
published an article, so sorry it has taken so long. Thanks to everyone that
has messaged to ask when next I would post on my blog. You are very much
appreciated. If this blog was a house, it would be covered with a layer of dust
so thick, it would take a team of professionals to clean it out. But with God,
nothing is impossible. This post is the first of two articles that I have being
led to write about.
The title of the post
Reckless Love is of course picked from the great song of the exact same title.
As I listened to the words of the song in full blast it kept resonating within
me. Somewhere in the song, you hear talk of the overwhelming, never-ending
reckless love of God. A love so strong that no obstacle is too great for Him to
overcome. A love so reckless that it is willing to leave the ninety-nine just
to look for you (Matt. 18:12). This makes the popular proverb 'a bird in hand is worth three
in the bush' look silly. Imagine God loving you so much that He is willing to
leave not one but ninety-nine just to enter the bush to look for one. As the
bible says, God uses the silly things of the world to confound the wise. You
can be sure He has achieved this multiple times and just because of His love
for you, He did exactly the opposite of the ‘wise saying’. One of such great
times can be found in John 3:16: For God so loved the world that He gave
His only begotten Son. How reckless! God loves us so much that He took such a
reckless decision and sacrificed His only son without any guarantee that those
whom He sacrificed His son for would love Him back. A version of this action
was first recorded in the Old Testament when God asked Abraham to sacrifice his
son Isaac (Gen. 22:1-19). Abraham loved God so recklessly that he would have
completed the act had he not been stopped by God. All God wanted to know was
how much Abraham loved and trusted Him.
As you think of these
actions, imagine what was going through Paul's mind when he tried to make sense
of the action (Rom. 5:7). An action He took without the guarantee that we would
love Him back. An action so reckless that nothing we can ever do will earn it
back. Some of us have done pretty reckless things for love. So please share
either in the comment section or privately to me on WhatsApp:
- What is the
most reckless thing you've done for love?
- What is the
most reckless thing you've done for God?
One thing I can definitely
tell you is that God loves you (Rom. 5:8) and there is nothing you can do to
change that fact! No crime, no amount of drugs or substance addiction will
change that fact! How do I know? He gave up His only begotten son-not for
someone else to adopt or raise-but-to die. God loves you and will do anything
for you.
The charge is simple,
believe in Him (...that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life) and if you think you don’t
matter, Jesus (through a parable) told us exactly what happens in heaven when
one person returns to Him (Luke 15:3-7).
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Cred: Reckless Love
God's love is indeed reckless.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to be reminded of God's love so amazing. You wonder in awe that God is always looking out for you to return to Him like the father waiting for the prodigal son and throwing a party on his arrival.
ReplyDeleteWhat makes it a reckless love is that God is ready to take a very great risk to lose the ninety-nine to get back the one lost. He's ready to ignore the faithful son to gain attention of the unfaithful son to return to Him. This does not mean He really does not care for the ninety-nine or the faithful son, He expected them to have matured enough to know Him by His attributes and acts and trust Him that even when they don't feel His love, He still cares for them.
If we can all show this kind of love, overlooking other's shortcomings, there will less complaining and stronger relationships marriages, families, churches, organisations, and in the world at large.
Thank you.