Loyal Love
“Higher than the highest heavens—that’s how high your tender mercy extends! Greater than the grandeur of heaven above is the greatness of your loyal love, towering over all who fear you and bow down before you! Farther than from a sunrise to a sunset—that’s how far you’ve removed our guilt from us. The same way a loving father feels toward his children—that’s but a sample of your tender feelings toward us, your beloved children, who live in awe of you. You know all about us, inside and out. You are mindful that we’re made from dust.” Psalms 103
We have been walking with Abba for a while now letting His love for us go deeper and deeper into our hearts. We need understanding of just how incredible His love actually is. Most of us keep track of our failures and what He is not doing in our lives more than what He has already done and continues to do. Our first thought when we mess up is not usually Him running to us to help us up but us turning away from His loving care. Oh, but there is change in the air of our Kingdom family. We are beginning to see our hearts respond by turning to Him not away from His loving arms. Psalm 103 is such a beautiful reminder of just how great the love of Jesus really is.
Higher than the highest heavens- think about that. There is no boundary in heaven. It goes on for eternity so his tender mercy goes beyond anything we can imagine. What is mercy? Tenderness, leniency, and forgiveness. It is when Abba withholds punishment for our sins. Mercy is part of His nature and cannot be earned. Sin is missing the mark. It is coming into agreement with something opposite of who He says we are. Sin is not always about a behavior problem. Behavior starts with how we think first.
His loyal love is greater than the grandeur of heaven. Grandeur is very large, special, powerful, and beautiful. That is his love over all who fear him and bow before him. Fear is a word we have been discussing in the last week. This is not the same meaning. The fear of the Lord is to honor him above all else. It means to love what he loves. It means you make every decision based on what He wants you to do. To fear the Lord will cause you to adore and worship Him in every moment. It does NOT mean to be scared of Him. On the contrary, it brings confidence, wisdom, protection, satisfaction and a greater love for Him.
He is the best Dada, which is why we call him Abba. He loves his beloved children greater than anything we can imagine. The last part of this scripture says, he knows all about us, inside and out. He is mindful we are made from dust. What does this mean? In the Hebrew the word yatsar can be translated “frame” or “to be in distress” or “to be frustrated.” Abba knows all about our frustrations and distress. He remembers He formed us from dust and is sympathetic to our difficulties. So, when you feel like He doesn’t care about what is happening or it’s your problem to figure out- those thoughts are not true. He cares deeply for you.
His love, mercy and kindness are always cascading over us and lifting us up to reign with Him in the heavenly places. Walk in confidence today of His love and mercy over you. Remember, whatever is flowing over you flows to those around you. Let’s choose to stand under the fountain of grace, mercy and His love!
