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Uncompromised Love
“Our God is faithful and his love endures forever. What a prime example of fatherhood for you and me.”
God-tracking is uncompromised love.
Psalm 136:1 (ESV)
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.
Dave’s teenage son sat whimpering on the sofa. He’d just arrived home well past his curfew, and a little over, what might be deemed, a reasonable limit for a 16-year-old. “I - I’m sorry, dad,” he whined. “Sean, you know we believe you’re too young to consume alcohol!” asserted his father while his mother unleashed her disdain at his behaviour.
Dave had raised his children as Christian believers. Both his son and daughter had discovered their own faith and accepted Christ as Lord. They had been schooled in the principles of Scripture and encouraged to acknowledge God in all they do. Yet, here was a case when his teenage son had violated the standards his father had set and had compromised his example of faith.
As Dave watched his repentant son rocking on the sofa, he was filled with deep compassion. “Sean,” he said, “you know you have broken my trust. You have violated the standards I’ve set for you for godly living, and that’s sin. But I love you. Though you may prove to be the source of grief to your mother and me, we will never, never stop loving you.” Hugging his sobbing son, Dave added, “Sean, there is nothing you could ever do that would cause us to stop loving you. We loved you before you broke our confidence and we still love you.”
Young Sean is indicative of the state of man. The Bible tells us that we have all sinned and violated the impeccable standards of God’s word. However, we read that while we were still sinners, God demonstrated his love for us in that Jesus died to redeem us from the curse of sin. Like Sean, you and I have broken our Father’s confidence and violated his standards. Yet, on confession of our sin, our Father is faithful and just to forgive us. He loves us and nothing, nothing will ever separate us from this love. Our God is faithful and his love endures forever. What a prime example of fatherhood.
Suan apologised to his mom and dad and repented before God for his wrongdoing and never violated their standards in this way again. It was his father’s uncompromised standards and his uncompromised love that changed the heart of this rebellious young man. Today, Sean is married with his own children, setting in them the same standards that his father set in him.
God-tracking is uncompromised love.
IT’S ALL IN THE BIBLE. READ ALL ABOUT IT. (NKJV)
Get into the word of God and get the word of God into you!
Romans 3:10-18, 23-24
Romans 5:8
1 John 1:9
Psalm 100:5 (NIV)
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SO, DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY
“Help me to show that same love to my family as you have shown to me.”
“Dear Father, I admit that I have violated your goodness and sinned against you.
I’m sorry, Lord. I confess my sin and trust that your unconditional love will forgive me and cleanse me from all unrighteousness. Thank you for your generous fatherly love. I know that nothing (not
even my own wrongdoing) can separate me from your love. Help me to show that same love to my family as you have shown to me. Amen.”
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