I love playing a game with my 7 year old. Games are best when they just seem to develop naturally without having to make them up. The idea is to outdo the other in describing and proving that we love the other more. He will say"I love you daddy". I retort with "I love you, more". To which he will come up with some extravagant description of exactly how big his love is for me. I have found that I can always trump him with "I love you, more". I am amused that he still tries to out trump me with even more extravagant descriptions involving compound infinities, distances of great time and space, heights unbelievable and depths that cannot be fathomed. In his mind it is still possible to out love me if he just exerts enough effort.
I think about how I am so much like this in my attitude towards God. I am sure that if I express myself to God in a certain way that I will have earned his attention. I think that if I am sorrowful enough for my sin, grateful enough for his grace, obedient enough to his command, diligent enough in my devotions, faithful enough in giving, then I will have proven my love and devotion to Him. Just when I think I have reached that point, Jesus stretches out His hands on the cross and says "I love you, More"
Trumped again.
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