HIM THAT LOVED US

 

EVENING DEVOTION by James Smith

MAY 11

 

Romans 8:37

Him that loved us.

 

There is something particularly sweet and pleasant in being the object of another's love.

 

No condition can possibly be more dreary than to feel that no one loves or cares for us.

 

Even the love of a child is sweet.

 

But to be loved by one who is wealthy,

   exalted in station, and

      honorable in character,

          must be particularly delightful.

 

How, then, should we rejoice;

  how happy should we be who are

  the loved ones of the Lord Jesus!

 

When we consider, on the one hand,

  how mean,

    how poor,

       how worthless, and

         how unlovely we are;

and, on the other,

   how glorious,

      how wealthy,

           how worthy,

               how lovely he is.

 

To be loved of Jesus, is to be preferred before the possession of a world.

 

Think of the glory of his person,

  the vastness of his possessions,

  the number of his attendants,

  the unlimited sovereignty which he exercises, and

  the excellent character he bears.

 

Bear in mind, that he knew what loving us would cost him,

   how he would be treated by us and by others for our sake.

 

Yet he fixed his love upon us.

 

He loved just because he would.

 

There were others more dignified in nature, more exalted in station

but he chose us.

 

Resting on Christ, secure we stand,

His love shall order all things well;

We soon shall gain the promised land,

Triumphant or the powers of hell.

 

 

James Smith