Love Pursues

I remember when I first met my wife Amber.  From that moment on I was in a pursuit.  I wanted to get to know her.  I wanted to spend time with her.  I wanted to talk to her.  Eventually I knew that I loved her and wanted the pursuit to be a life long one.  I was motivated by love to take action.  I was stirred to do something about seeing this relationship built.Love pursues.God pursues.He is the initiator.  He always has been.  He will continue to do so.He is stirred to see relationship built.  He is motivated by love to take action toward each one of us.  Through His goodness, He saw our inability to come to Him on our own...so He pursued.In Genesis 3 when Adam and Eve sinned, God called out to them...looking for them.  They were hiding, God was pursuing.In the desert, the people of Israel wanted to go back to Egypt and forget about God's promise.  He fed them, took care of them and continued to lead them.  God was pursuing.In the season that Israel had been exiled and taken from their own land God turned the heart of the king to help the people return and rebuild Jerusalem.  They may have wondered if all hope of returning home was gone, yet God was pursuing.The greatest display of God's love in pursuit of us is seen in the work that Jesus has done for us!  We had nothing to offer.  Our debt was far too big - no one would ever be able to pay it in their own ability.  It took a God that was motivated by love.We see this clearly in Luke 15.  God pursues.  The motivation is love.  No matter if you have done everything right or everything wrong God is the pursuer.  Don't get it mixed around.  Don't think that it is all about your pursuit.  It is actually more about YOUR RESPONSE to HIS PURSUIT.What would motivate God to pursue people? The Perfect pursuing the imperfect.  The Powerful pursuing the weak.  The Holy pursuing the broken and flawed.  What would motivate God to do that?Love.He loves us.  He is for us, not against us.