Divine Love Inspires a Change of Heart

How marvelous how wonderful
And my song shall ever be
How marvelous how wonderful
Is my Saviour’s love for me

My Savior’s Love 1905
By: Charles H. Gabriel (1856-1932)

Listen to this modern version of this hymn as you prepare to ponder the lyrics. Please make certain to enjoy the podcast below.

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As we continue our journey through this wonder-filled hymn take an assessment of the level of wonder and amazement which characterizes your relationship with Jesus. We all have room to grow in response to His love for us. Let’s think about this.

Whole Heart?

The psalmist commits to give thanks with his whole heart. I like to think of this in terms of no part of my heart will hold back my thanks. I have thought a lot about that expression “with my whole heart”.

When my first son was born I remember thinking how I loved him with my whole heart. But then I thought, if that is true can I love anything else. That is, was there any part of my heart left to love anything else. I pondered this and finally concluded that loving him with my whole heart did not mean I could love nothing else. See, I could love him with my whole hear AND still love others, I was simply declaring there was no part of my heart that did not love him.

The same can be true with our love for God. We should love him with our whole heart. We can still love others at the same time. In fact He commands us to. Even still, there should be no part of our heart that does not love Him, especially when we remember all of His wonderful deeds.

How marvelous how wonderful

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. Psalm 9:1 ESV

We are motivated to give thanks when we remember and recount all of our Lord’s wonderful deeds. “With my whole heart”. There is no part of my heart that is not committed to this. Can you echo the Psalmist’s dedication? If not, why? Commit today to all-encompassing praise.

Wonder introduces a quality of admiration to our astonishment. We marvel at His love for us and then admire the incredible sacrifice it required. How do you show admiration for lessor acts of love? Certainly your response to His love should dwarf those. Does it?

RESONATE!
Take a few moments think about your love for God. Is it whole-hearted or half-hearted? Ouch, right? Make this your simple prayer “Jesus, help me respond to Your love today.” 

Change of Heart

Consider this. When Jesus showed HIs love for us, our love was not whole-hearted. It was not even half-hearted. Frankly, our heart was not in it, because we did not love Him at all.

Have you ever acknowledged that? Have you confessed to Jesus there was a time when you did not love Him at all? When you come to see the darkness of your life contrasted against the light of His love, you experience a change of heart. You are motivated to praise. He loves us with His whole heart and showed it by offering His whole life. Worship Him!

Is my Saviour’s love for me

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 ESV

Here we find the inspiration for our continual praise and thanksgiving. We were still sinners when Christ offered His marvelous, wonderful love to us. That makes it even more so in every way. Take a few minutes on this day of love to marvel and wonder at His love anew.

Jesus loves you. A recent commercial series advanced this idea “He Gets Us”. That’s true. He gets us like no one ever could, and even though He does, He still loves us, which makes His love even more remarkable. Jesus knows you, and still loves you. Sit in that love for a time.

RESONATE!
Take a few moments and think about what Jesus endured for us. He obeyed the Father by suffering and dying alone. Give Him glory by praying a simple prayer like this, “Jesus, help me to rest in Your love right now.“

Jesus, thank You for bearing the burden that was mine. I could never have shouldered it, none of us could, so You did it for al of us. Hallelujah! In Jesus name. Amen.

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