Oh, How He Loves Us!!

My dearest sister,

If you have listened to any Christian contemporary music you have probably heard the song, ‘How He Loves’ by David Crowder Band. This topic reminds me of a video I once watched pairing this song with clips of John Piper and Matt Chandler’s preaching on the cross of Christ and of His great love for us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUUmhnOPBdE

Today we are constantly assaulted with false representations of what love is. The world entreats us to believe that love is sex; love is getting what you want from another person; love is satisfaction now; love is whatever you want it to be and can be suited to your own purposes no matter what.

As Christians we often reject these evil notions with our mouths but what are our hearts doing? Do they too reject the fallacies that this evil and dark world relentlessly tries to seduce us with? Or are we in our heart of hearts, dear sister, believing in the lies of the devil, allowing him to wreak havoc in our lives? If so, what foolishness! How can we expect to find a pure love in a corrupt and fallen world? Though we know with our minds that this cannot be, our hearts are still easily drawn astray by it. Instead of looking to the world, we must look to the cross of Christ. In the cross is a beautiful and mighty picture of God’s love for you and God’s love for me. He loves you so much and He is so jealous for you that He sent His Son to die for you so that you could belong to Him. Even while you were still a sinner, still Christ’s enemy, He died for you (Romans 5:8). In the video, John Piper exclaims, “That’s love, folks! That is mega, off the charts love!”

Do you know how great God’s love is for you, dear sister? Maybe you once knew it but have forgotten it. Look again to the cross, dear sister. Behold the ‘wonders of His love’ as the popular Christmas carol ‘Joy to the World’ proclaims. Remember this Christmas season that Christ died for you, that His birth is truly a reason to rejoice. He did it because He loves you and NOTHING you do can ever change that.

Merry Christmas, my beloved sister,

Kayla