O The Deep, Deep Love Of Jesus
O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free!
Rolling as a mighty ocean
In its fullness over me,
Underneath me, all around me,
Is the current of Thy love;
Leading onward, leading homeward
To my glorious rest above.
O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
Spread His praise from shore to shore!
How He loveth, ever loveth,
Changeth never, nevermore;
How He watches o’er His loved ones,
Died to call them all His own;
How for them He intercedeth,
Watcheth o’er them from the throne.
O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
Love of every love the best;
’Tis an ocean vast of blessing,
’Tis a haven sweet of rest,
O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
’Tis a heav’n of heav’ns to me;
And it lifts me up to glory,
For it lifts me up to Thee.
HOW DEEP is the love of Jesus? This hymn tries to express something of its magnitude. It is an ocean and more. It is a “heaven of heavens.” But what does that mean? How does knowing of this deep, deep love affect the way we live each day?
Perhaps most important, it reassures us. When the apostle Paul says that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ, we know that even our own sin will not stop Jesus from loving us. He continually offers His loving forgiveness. Christ’s love also motivates us. “Spread his praise from shore to shore!” The deep, deep love of Jesus is so great, we just have to tell someone! This “love of every love the best” makes Christ the highest priority in our lives. All other longings fall by the wayside as we bask and bathe in the vast ocean of Jesus’ love for us.
May you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully.
Ephesians 3:18-19
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