When I’m poor, rich, or lost, His love never fails me. He never leaves me. He is not far off. I live under His constant smile. I’ve seen miracles. I’ve seen healings, and I’ve seen demons driven out. I’ve seen hearts of stone melt when they are touched by love. I’ve seen orphans finding a Father. I’ve seen people experience the Father’s love.
This is all meaningless without knowing His love. I am a human being-not a human doing. Ministry in theory makes me tired. Have you seen how many broken people there are lately? Sure, I may feed the homeless, and it may make me feel pretty good. But that will burn me out eventually. Ministry and service don’t fill us up without fail. Yes, I, absolutely, love the opportunity to love and delight in the Father’s children. But, love should never be given if it has never been received. That’s why unconditional love is impossible without the constant filling of the Father’s love. The only way to love unconditionally is to know an unconditional love. This is brings us back to square one. What is the unconditional love of the Father? I can cerebrally know that the Father loves me. I can take notes and write down verses that prove this, but if I never receive it, I miss out. So, what does this mean to me? I’m only beginning to feel the mist that comes from the ocean of His love. I haven’t even gotten my feet wet yet.
His love is a constant. It’s the only thing that remains in this life. He doesn’t love me because I have to love Him back. “And this is love, not that we loved Him, but that He loved us.” “Don’t you know that the kindness of God leads us to repentance.” (Romans) His love changes our heart. Rules will never make my heart change or woo me into falling in love. No, His tenderness is what slowly pushes my walls over. After time, I begin to trust Him. Sometimes, the Lord of my heart is a dictator named Cameron. Well, that’s a lie. The Dictator is Satan, but behind all the walls is a little child looking for a good Father. It’s much like the wizard of Oz. Behind the big scary voice is just a little human.
Why is love so scary? Because it hurts and only have had an artificial love apart from the Father. That’s probably the secret to the world..What if that is the secret simplicity of all the world’s problems? Everyone is a poor little orphaned child who doesn’t know that the Father loves them because they are who they are. We often forget who our Daddy is. Does Daddy always love me? Does He always care for me? If I sin, will I get thrown out and be hated by my Father? The truth is that my Daddy may spank me, but he always hugs me and tells me that He loves me after. He doesn’t condemn me and say that I can never be with Him again. No, He says, “My Son, since when has my love been dependent on what you do? I love you because I love you because I love you because I love you. There is nothing that can separate you from my love. Being a great child who loves his amazing Daddy is the simplicity of the depth of His love.
The little orphaned child is afraid to live freely and come out in the light of His love. He grows up in a man’s body and puts more defenses in his fortress to keep him from being getting hurt again. The truth is that by doing this we block living in our freedom. For instance, he may go to college to make a lot of money, grow a beard, dress a certain way, tell jokes, run through women, all to prove that he is someone worth paying a attention to. The little orphaned boy is stuck inside a man’s body and is a slave to of earned importance. What happens when his world comes crashing in around him? He’s still a broken little boy looking for Father who will live Him because no one else really does.
The simplicity of the depth of His love is this: We are adopted by an amazing Daddy because He loves because He loves us. No longer do I have to run around looking for love. I’ve already found it. I’ve looked in all the wrong places. They all start with my desire to earn love and all end with the dissatisfaction of it not being enough. I’m not insecure. I just understand how we all work. I know I’m loved. I’m freed by His love. I know that I’m a little child at heart who is simply beginning to know my Daddy’s good good heart. I love under His constant smile. My Dad is not angry. He’s not disappointed in me. I already have His favor because I’m His son.
That old orphan spirit forgets who my Daddy is sometimes. We get scared about love because we think it’s all about how good or well we love-then maybe this person will love me. No, we can’t love like Jesus until we know how much the Father loves Jesus, and the Father says that He loves us just as much as He loves Jesus. Jesus was perfect. How is that even possible for Him to love us in the same way? Because we cannot earn His love. Jesus did not earn the Father’s love. He lived as a result of the Father’s love. He simply received the Father’s love. The little boy inside of Jesus knew that He was loved and grew up knowing that He is the son of God.
To love like Jesus, we first must know love. God is love. When we begin to love like Jesus, we can love without limitations. When we are loved, we can love others into unconditional love because whether they receive it or nor, we know we are loved and that the Father loves them regardless. Perfect love casts out fear. This is why the Kingdom of God belongs to the children. We are to grow up as Jesus did-in the Father’s love. We are to see the orphaned child first in ourselves. Then we can see the orphaned child in everyone else and love the hell out of them. In the Kingdom of God, there are no orphans.
“on earth as it is in heaven.”
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