In Hot Pursuit

The extent to which God loves us has been on my mind a lot lately. Sometimes I tend to think that God loves us so much - from His great white throne. This is true. But it's not the whole truth. God loves us so much and pursues us. I mean that. If you're not a Christian and you spend much time reading this blog, then you're doing one of two things - 1) making a list of rejections you have for this post because of hurt (not because of God, I might add) or 2) wondering if this doesn't desribe that feeling you get every now and then that makes you wonder who else is in the room. If you are a Christian and you're reading this, you may be saying the same thing, unfortunately. We think God loves us, but we don't trust that His love impacts our daily living. We believe He loves us, but we continue doing X, Y, and Z because that's what Christians do or because "What would people think?" God is pursuing us like crazy. He's on our heels. He's above us, beneath us, beside us, behind us, before us.... And He's loving us with a love that's deeper than a feeling. We don't see it because we're loving church, loving people, loving our activities, loving the good feelings we get from things like praise team, Sunday School, fellowship, or philanthropic things like Compassion. (You should be sponsoring a child, but that's another blog for another day when I'm more passionate.) When was the last time you stopped long enough to listen for God and realize He's right there? When was the last time you did any of your "Christian" things because God loves you and you love Him? This isn't "proving" your love; it's just loving. He's worth it.