“Oh the overwhelming, never ending, reckless love of God
It chases me down, fights ’til I’m found, leaves the 99
I couldn’t earn it, I don’t deserve it, still you give your self away
Oh the overwhelming, never ending, reckless love of God”
Sunday night I couldn’t sleep.
Partially because I downed a cup of coffee at 10pm and partially because I couldn’t stop thinking about the love of God.
The song I quoted above played on repeat in my head beckoning me to question: What does it mean for love to be reckless?
When I asked my squamates what the word reckless meant, their responses resounded a negative theme. The dictionary defines reckless as: Not showing proper concern about possible bad results of your actions.
But in the song, reckless love is seen as completely positive. Where is the line between recklessness and reckless love? I could not understand. This concept seemed obscure to me.
As I sought the counsel of those around me and searched the meaning from God, I found an answer to satiate my longing to understand.
The love of God IS reckless as defined in the dictionary!
His total love had absolutely no concern what bad result might come from Jesus entering the world to save us. Jesus DIED! Jesus went to HELL!
Both of those seem pretty bad to me. But God didn’t mind the danger.
He just wanted to save us, His precious children. Raising from the dead on the 3rd day brought all the negatives to an end.
So how can I recklessly love God and others?
I will not be concerned about the consequences of loving others, whether that be embarrassment or rejection. I will love while standing in the midst of danger. I will jump of the cliff of love into the pool of God’s children and hope I can make a big splash.
I will love…
RECKLESSLY
