His Love Never Fails

"Your Love Never Fails" by Chris Quilala of Jesus Culture.

We have been singing this song at church lately. A couple of Sunday mornings ago we were worshipping with this song. I was not doing sound that morning so I was free to worship and listen to God. I was reminded of the father of the prodigal son. If the son had of come home a different time of day, a few days earlier, a week later, or whenever, would the father's greeting have been any different ? If the son came home naked, still with money, with a friend, missing a limb, or some other way different, would the father have been any more or less overjoyed to see him? No! He loved his son. The father in this parable is clearly an archtype of our Father in heaven. The Father's love is true love, that perfect love that casts out fear; that love that is patient, that is kind; that love that does not envy, does not boast, and is not proud; that love that is not rude, is not self-seeking, is not easily angered, and keeps no record of wrongs; that love that does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth and when we come come home; that love that always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres, and never, ever fails. Whether we have been gone in some foreign land, or just for a few minutes 'off the reservation,' He rejoices to see us when we come back to Him, clothing us in righteousness, and giving us His best. God IS Love.

Scripture referred to, quoted, and paraphrased: 1 Cor 13:4-8; 1 John 4:18; Luke 15:11-32.