Psalm 116:1-2 English Standard Version
I Love the Lord
1 I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy.
2 Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
Loving the Lord just because He hears you sells short the reality in relationship with our Lord.
He does more than just listens, He does more than just answer. Snippets of scriptures that sound good do not tell the whole story no more than saying “I love you” proves you love another. It is in the actions associated with the relationship that proves love, on both sides.
Verse 8 says “For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling;”
That is only three aspects of this love relationship and there is so much more. It would take a whole book to even glimpse at a small portion of His immense love for us.
John 21:25 English Standard Version (ESV)Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.
Note carefully the end of that first sentence, “things that Jesus did.” His words were life and yet He did not stop there. Words weren’t enough, He did things not even spoken of in the bible.
Because His love, mercy and grace are perfect in performance, we can accept that He goes above and beyond His Word. To say they are just words sells Him short. He is more than just words.
Each of us has a testimony of what the Lord has done in our lives. If it were left to only words we would have a testimony of our own strength and God would not be glorified in the telling.
He is more than an ear to hear or a mouth to speak, His love enacts the will of the Father and keeps His promises.