“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever.” Psalm 136:1-3
Heavenly Father, Psalm 136 is a great gift to us—just like every portion of your Word. In each of its 26 verses, this same declaration, “His love endures forever,” reverberates twenty-six times with escalating joy. Your love for us in Jesus is the most glorious, necessary, satisfying, unwavering, centering, liberating, hope-giving reality in our lives. I only offered 7 affirmations of your incomparable love because 7 is the number of perfection and your love is truly perfect.
Your love endures forever: Your love—not puppy love (though puppies are great). Not performance-based love—based on something we are or do. Not dew-like infatuation—thick in the morning, gone by noon. Not human love—important and wonderful, but a mere whisper and hint of the only love better than life.
Your love endures forever: We cannot add to your love or diminish it. You’ll never love us more than you do right now in this very moment—including on the Day Jesus returns, and you make us completely like him. This is hard to believe, Father. Help us. Free us. Then help and free us some more.
Your love endures forever: Unlike any and every relationship we’ve ever had, there’s no end to your love, Abba. You’ll never lose the capacity to love us. You’ll never get dementia and forget us. We’ll never become unlovable, boring, or too familiar to you. With you as our perfect Father, Jesus as our righteousness and Bridegroom, and the Holy Spirit as our permanent heart-guest and comforter… we are stunned, overwhelmed, and eternally grateful. So Very Amen.