“THE LORD LOVES!”

 

Psalm 87:1-2                       (ESV)

Glorious Things of You Are Spoken

A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. A Song.

    “[1] On the Holy mount stands the city HE founded; 

    [2]     “THE LORD LOVES” the gates of Zion

        more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.”

Psalm 87:1 brings fond memories to my mind as GOD spoke to me a few years back through this Scripture.  No, I wasn’t in the Rocky Mountains, nor was I on Mount Sinai in the Middle East.  GOD isn’t limited by anything that our “feeble” minds comprehend.  HE is able to “speak” these worlds into existence, and HE is able to speak to a Brain Damaged human when this broken person is listening for HIS VOICE!  

While remembering times past recently, my mind never considered what Psalm 87:2 was saying, even though it is an extension of Psalm 87:1, signified by a semi-colon.  “THE LORD LOVES” says to me that in John 3 GOD gave HIS ONLY SON for me because I had NO HOPE of spending eternity with HIM.  GOD provided a SPOTLESS SACRIFICE when all I had to offer was “filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6).  HE makes a prize out of junk, and I must focus on what HE has made, instead of what I was!

Remembering where we have come from is something that we must never forget, but we must NEVER FORGET why we have been CHOSEN by our SAVIOR.  “THE LORD LOVES” us so much that HE paid THE ULTIMATE price to afford us LIVING with HIM in HEAVEN!  We are HIS only because we are CHOSEN to be, not because we are worthy!  “THE LORD LOVES” because GOD IS LOVE (1 John 4:8), and we are HIS ONLY because “THE LORD LOVES“!!!