Ephesians 3:19 "May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God."
What is Love?
I was sitting in my room listening to worship music, and this song came on. I listened to the whole thing and it gave me chills. The beginning of the song asks the question, "What does love look like?" As human beings, we often search for love in all the wrong places, and then end up empty and confused in the end. We keep searching for something or someone that will make us feel treasured and desired. But the problem is, it DOESN'T happen. It might for a little bit, and we may be satisfied for awhile, but then we always crave more. It's an ongoing circle that will never bring true fulfillment.
The thing is, God placed that passion within us to feel loved. It's natural. But He placed it there for a reason -- to wholeheartedly seek after Him, because He loved us first.
The song then goes,
"And then I saw Him there, hanging on a tree, looking at me
I saw Him there, hanging on a tree, looking at me."
I saw Him there, hanging on a tree, looking at me."
He had arms wide open, a heart exposed
Arms wide open; He was bleeding, bleeding"
Arms wide open; He was bleeding, bleeding"
I think the reason why some people aren't on fire for God is because they just simply don't REALIZE how much He loves them. My favorite chapter of the Bible is Psalm 119 where it talks about how God formed us in our mothers wombs, and how his love out-numbers the grains of sand. I mean, what blows MY mind, is that His love is so deep and so strong, even after all of the things I have done wrong. It took me awhile to discover this. I always used to almost feel.. well, ashamed to come to God.. because I didn't deserve it. But then I realized that He is not against me, but FOR me.. pushing me forward and on my side. It's like He's our coach saying, "It's okay that you messed up; You are my treasure; I will always love you."
Then my FAVORITE part of the song goes,
"You were made for abandonment, wholeheartedness
You were made for someone greater, someone bigger, so follow Me
And You’ll come alive when you learn to die"
You were made for someone greater, someone bigger, so follow Me
And You’ll come alive when you learn to die"
Misty Edwards - Arms Wide Open
“What does love look like?” is the question I’ve been pondering
“What does love look like?”
“What does love look like?” is the question I’ve been asking of You
I once believed that love was romance, just a chance
I even thought that love was for the lucky and the beautiful
I once believed that love was a momentary bliss
But love is more than this
All You ever wanted was my attention
All You ever wanted was love from me
All You ever wanted was my affections, to sit here at Your feet
Then tell me
“What does love look like?” is the question I’ve been pondering
“What does love look like?”
Then I sat down, a little frustrated and confused
If all of life comes down to love
Then love has to be more than sentiment
More than selfishness and selfish gain
And then I saw Him there, hanging on a tree, looking at me
I saw Him there, hanging on a tree, looking at me
He was looking at me, looking at Him, staring through me
I could not escape those beautiful eyes
And I began to weep and weep
He had arms wide open, a heart exposed
Arms wide open; He was bleeding, bleeding
Love’s definition, love’s definition was looking at me
Looking at Him, hanging on a tree
I began to weep and weep and weep and weep
This is how I know what love is, this is how I know what love is
And as I sat there weeping, crying
Those beautiful eyes, full of desire and love
He said to me:
“You shall love Me, You shall love Me
You shall love Me, You shall love Me”
With arms wide open, a heart exposed
With arms wide open, bleeding, sometimes bleeding
If anybody’s looking for love in all the wrong places
If you’ve been searching for love, come to Me, come to Me
Take up your cross, deny yourself
Forget your father’s house and run, run with Me
You were made for abandonment, wholeheartedness
You were made for someone greater, someone bigger, so follow Me
And You’ll come alive when you learn to die
“What does love look like?”
“What does love look like?” is the question I’ve been asking of You
I once believed that love was romance, just a chance
I even thought that love was for the lucky and the beautiful
I once believed that love was a momentary bliss
But love is more than this
All You ever wanted was my attention
All You ever wanted was love from me
All You ever wanted was my affections, to sit here at Your feet
Then tell me
“What does love look like?” is the question I’ve been pondering
“What does love look like?”
Then I sat down, a little frustrated and confused
If all of life comes down to love
Then love has to be more than sentiment
More than selfishness and selfish gain
And then I saw Him there, hanging on a tree, looking at me
I saw Him there, hanging on a tree, looking at me
He was looking at me, looking at Him, staring through me
I could not escape those beautiful eyes
And I began to weep and weep
He had arms wide open, a heart exposed
Arms wide open; He was bleeding, bleeding
Love’s definition, love’s definition was looking at me
Looking at Him, hanging on a tree
I began to weep and weep and weep and weep
This is how I know what love is, this is how I know what love is
And as I sat there weeping, crying
Those beautiful eyes, full of desire and love
He said to me:
“You shall love Me, You shall love Me
You shall love Me, You shall love Me”
With arms wide open, a heart exposed
With arms wide open, bleeding, sometimes bleeding
If anybody’s looking for love in all the wrong places
If you’ve been searching for love, come to Me, come to Me
Take up your cross, deny yourself
Forget your father’s house and run, run with Me
You were made for abandonment, wholeheartedness
You were made for someone greater, someone bigger, so follow Me
And You’ll come alive when you learn to die
