I have three children and I love them more than I could even begin to express. If you were to ask me what I most want from my children, what answer would you expect? You would be understandably shocked if I were to tell you that what I most want from my children is for them to obey me, to be helpful, to do their chores and to achieve the things in life that I want them to achieve. The thing I most want from my children is not these things at all. What I most want from them is their love. They could be the most obedient, helpful and high achieving children in the world but if I could not hug and kiss them I wouldn’t be happy at all. Most parents would agree with me on this. Why then do we think differently of God? Why do we think that if we fail to live up to God’s standards that he automatically rejects us? Do we think God loves us less than we love our children? Doesn’t the Bible tell us that “God is love”? You may fail in every area but you must not fail in this: you must not fail to return to God every time you fail. He wants you to walk with him, however falteringly, because he loves you as his child. Mary had it right. She made a priority of sitting at the feet of Jesus and Jesus was delighted. This is an expression of what God most wants: not our deeds but us. He wants us to love him.
Express your love to God and receive his love for you.
Read Luke 10:38-42
