Abundance – Day 36

Psalm 36

⁵ Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
    your faithfulness to the clouds.
⁶ Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
    your judgements are like the great deep;
    you save humans and animals alike, O Lord.

⁷ How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
    All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
⁸ They feast on the abundance of your house,
    and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
⁹ For with you is the fountain of life;
    in your light we see light.

As I read this portion of Psalm 36, I am drawn to these two words – steadfast love.  God’s steadfast love is described throughout all the Bible and our language is really insufficient for the enormity.  But in some attempt, the Psalmist writes the words captured here.  God’s steadfast love extends to the heavens.  It is so big and vast, this world cannot even hold it.  It is so wide and abundant, we cannot escape it.  It is also precious, valuable and treasured.  It allows for protection and care.  God’s love is beyond any treasure we may have on this earth.  

Those are big statements.  Those are huge declarations.  And yet, the more we know God, the more this becomes true.  The more we grow closer to him, the more we begin to see his enduring love.  The more we begin to feel his love envelope us.  The more we spend time with him, the more we find our true delight in life.  His light becomes our light.  And his love becomes our source of strength and our hope.  

God’s love is steadfast – continual, ever-flowing, and abundant.  When we think of abundant, we often think of earthly treasures.  But God’s treasures are so much more important and amazing.  His abundant love means it doesn’t run out or reduce.  This love should be how we survive.  And this love should be the source for which we love others.  His light should shine through us and it should show up as love.  Maybe we go back to the source of it all and allow him to immerse us in his steadfast love.  We just might find we are changed.