GOD'S LOVE IS NOT MAN'S LOVE. GOD LOVED US WHILE WE WERE ENEMIES. Love is according to the nature and character of the one who loves. Jesus possesses a perfect character and unites in Himself the most excellent natures. His love, therefore, is peculiar, peculiarly glorious. It includes pity for sinners, sympathy for, and delight in, His saints. He loves us as the Father loves Him: except whereas we could tell the strength of His Father's love to Him, we cannot tell the strength of His love to us. Love dwells in His heart, looks through His eye, works with His hand, speaks with His tongue, and procures for us by His influence. He considered no condition too low to stoop to, no action too mean to perform, no failing too foul to pass by, no gift too great to bestow, no sufferings too painful to endure, nothing too mean in His people to prize, no distance too far to travel to do them good. And if we believe the love of Christ to us, it will constrain us to surrender ourselves to Him; to part with all for Him; to do, to suffer, or to give anything in His cause; to proclaim His excellencies, and publish His fame. Does the love of Christ constrain you to be active, zealous, and generous for His gospel's sake?

For Meditation:
The love of Christ constrains - to what?
With all our sins to part,
To yield Him what His blood hath bought -
Our dearly purchased heart.