Abide in my love

“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.” John 15:9

There is a whole world of hope in this little verse. “As the Father” gives the quality and the quantity of the love which is lavished on us. As God the Father has loved his uniquely-born Son, in that way, in that fullness, in that complete comprehensiveness has Jesus loved us! That is wonderful news!

If that is the truth, then we cannot but abide in it: dwell in that love, wallow in that love, rejoice in that love, and return it in kind to our Saviour.