I had a conversation with a dear Christian man. Speaking of the love of the Father to him as His child, his face lit up with joy and began to speak in rapturous terms of the Father’s love.
“Some people tell me,” he said, “that I talk too much, but I tell them they are all dumb. Enjoy the Father’s love and not speak about it? Why, I can’t help it. They don’t know the Father’s love, that’s it.
“The doctor came in to see me one day, and he said to me, ‘You are very much alone.’
“‘Alone, doctor,’ I said, ‘why there are four of us; God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost, and poor me. Isn’t it grand?’”
The dear man’s eyes filled with tears as he thus spoke to me; and he struck his hand on his breast, realizing deep down in his heart the preciousness of the Father’s love.
Fellow-believer, “The Father Himself loveth you.” (John 16:2727For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. (John 16:27)). Whatever trials or difficulties you may have to pass through, this will be a stay to your heart: The blessed Lord came to reveal the Father; and now Christ is risen, it is the joy of each believer to say, “My Father.” It delights His heart to have His children resting in His perfect changeless love.
The Father’s heart, the Father’s love are yours now, and the Father’s house awaits you. The blessed Lord is coming to take us there. What untold glory is in store for us.