I was just listening to an acapella rendition of an old hymn, written by George Matheson and published in 1882, “O Love That Will Not Let Me Go.” (Link below)
As I listened the power of those words brought my heart to its knees. “O Love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee; I give thee back the life I owe, that in thine ocean depths its flow may richer, fuller be.”
God’s love … I am overwhelmed. It is 4:30 AM, I am sitting in my chair with my laptop. It is quiet, Bob is still asleep. The words keep echoing, “O Love that will not let me go …”
We speak so much of God’s “will.” We want to be in the center of it. Sometimes we are not sure of it. Too often we think we just bounce in and out of it, one day we are in His “will” and the next day we are not. This morning I realized that I am always in His “will.”
His “will” is His “Love that ‘will’ not let me go …”
Paul wrote it this way. “For I am persuaded that not even death or life, angels or rulers, things present or things to come, hostile powers, height or depth, or any other created thing will have the power to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord!” [Romans 8:38-39 HCSB]
Nothing “will” have the power to separate us from the Love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. That is His “will” for us … a strength of love that is unbreakable, unmovable, that can never be conquered or vanquished. His “will” is His Love for us that never lets us go!
How can I ever thank You enough LORD!
David Phelps, Bill Gaither, Marshall Hall, Guy Penrod - O Love That Will Not Let Me Go [Live] - YouTube
