O The Deep, Deep Love Of Jesus

"O the deep, deep love of Jesus, Vast unmeasured, boundless, free! Rolling as a mighty ocen In its fullness over me, Undrneath, me all around me, Is the current of Thy love; Leading onward, leading homewoard To my glorious rest above."

"O the deep, deep love of Jesus, Spread His praise from shore to shore! How He loveth, ever loveth, Changeth never, never more; How he watches o'er His loved ones, Died to call them all His own; How for them He intercedeth, Watcheth o'er them from the throne."

"O the deep, deep love of Jesus, Love of every love the best; 'Tis an ocean vast of blessing, Tis a haven sweet of rest, O the deep, deep love of Jesus, 'Tis a heav'n of heav'ns to me; And it lifts me up to glory, For it lifts me up to thee."
by Samuel Trevor Francis

What a wonderful hymn!!!! The love of Jesus is so vast, it will take eternity to begin to experience the full depth of it.

Paul in the letter to the Ephesians prayed that they might know this love that can't be known by the mind but can only be known by the experience of it in our inner man through Christ dwelling within us.

Ephesians 3:17-19 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Jesus Understands

Hebrews 4:14-16 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. 15For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 16Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 2:17-18 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. 18For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

Jesus was tempted in all points the Greek word for "tempted" means to test, scrutinize, entice, discipline. In other words Jesus went through a lot. He is God and yet He became a man. He put on flesh and bones, walked on the earth and experienced all the feelings and emotions we do. He was mocked. He was lied about. He was raised by a “stepfather” so to speak, Joseph, and his mother Mary. He experienced the ridicule of being considered an illegitimate child. On and on I could go.

Sometimes we may think God is beyond understanding what we have been through or how we really feel as humans. But He does. The man Christ Jesus is seated on the throne with His father today interceding on our behalf as a priest who is touched by the feelings of our “infirmities.”