As we live through the rough of life; when everything seems to be against our good, joy and happiness, we so often wonder "Is God really committed to my good?"
I was listening to a great old hymn called, "Here is love", when the Spirit gave me revelation of the amazing dimensions of God's goodness and love for His people through the life and death of Christ.
Stop and think about this: Did God value, cherish and seek the good of His Son, Jesus? What was the degree of His love for His Son? Well, at Jesus' baptism, this is what the Father says:
"This is my son whom I love. With him I am well pleased" .
For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily. The degree to which God is committed to the glory of His own good, is the degree to which He is committed to His Son, Jesus. God is not an idolater; He is first in His own affections-hence, so is His Son.
Now, how does this relate to the title of this post? Sure, God is committed to His own glory and good. Sure, He is committed to the good of Jesus. But what about His people, his Church, us? How much does he care?
Well, here is the connection and the verse that blew me away.
"He who did not spare his own (beloved, precious, cherished) Son, but gave him up for us all-how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things"
Romans 8:32
God, passionate for His own name, has connected the display of His glory with our good by not sparing his Son. Without the offering of His Son for us, we are stuffed and He is not the glorious God of love and justice. With His Son, we are saved and the glory of His grace is revealed! Christ died for the glory of the Father by displaying the great love of the Father, a love for us!It's not our value that we stand in awe of, but rather, the great love of God!
Where is our hope in life's storms, where even God seems to have turned his back on us? How can we be sure that in the end, He will give us what is truly good? It's in this truth: That He who has everything did not withhold the one thing that was most precious to Him-His Son. If He went as far, for His glory and our good, to give us His Son, will He not give us all other (far less precious) things. If God is for us, who can be against us.
Where is our hope in life's storms, where even God seems to have turned his back on us? How can we be sure that in the end, He will give us what is truly good? It's in this truth: That He who has everything did not withhold the one thing that was most precious to Him-His Son. If He went as far, for His glory and our good, to give us His Son, will He not give us all other (far less precious) things. If God is for us, who can be against us.
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