God Promises His Love Surrounds You

Psalms 125:1-2 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever. 2  As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and forevermore.
 
YOUR sure faith is a very strong asset, isn’t it? It’s so strong, it is as unshakeable as Mt. Zion – the immovable mountain that was Jerusalem’s foundation. How do you have such an unshakeable faith? How do you know the LORD surrounds his people both now and forevermore?
   One way to understand God’s surrounding love is to reflect on Jesus’ purpose for his ministry: Luke 19:9 Jesus said to Zacchaeus, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.” God’s presence entered into Zacchaeus’ home to surround this lost man and his friends with God’s saving love. Jesus had come to earth to seek them. He had found them. He had saved them. His redemption secured their eternal life.
   What would you do if someone you loved was lost? You would be very personally involved in finding and rescuing your loved one, wouldn’t you? If your spouse, son or a daughter was missing, you would even be willing to give up your life for your loved one’s safe return home. Such a love is a surrounding love that completely joins you with another.
   This is God’s love. The Bible tells us that for nearly 2,000 years God formed and surrounded his people with his enduring love. He birthed them. He promised them blessing. He expanded their population and gave them a luxurious land of promise. The LORD disciplined the wicked to preserve the righteous in the family.
   And then in his surrounding love, he put aside his glory to come in the flesh. Why? It is because his children remained lost. Israel had not yet found the way into the eternal Promised Land God had prepared for them.
   God’s surrounding love came from heaven to put his arms around the blind and the lame. He lifted up his hands with his followers to praise and petition the Father for their eternal souls. He stretched out his hands to receive the Father’s punishment, so his eternal love would surround God’s eternal church.
   Then Acts tells us the Spirit came at Pentecost to fill the apostles with power. And they began to surround the Jews first, then the Gentiles with Jesus’ saving love. Through the next 2,000 years the church has expanded because God’s love is surrounding the world.
   The Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Spirit, has been very intentional to seek you. Build your faith on this truth, so you will firmly trust your LORD’s love surrounds you.