經文: 「上帝愛我們的心，我們也知道也信。上帝就是愛，住在愛裡面的，就是住在上帝裡面，上帝也住在他裡面。」— (聖經·約翰壹書 4章16節)
願上帝藉著聖靈賜給我們恩典，幫助我們了解祂數不盡的奧祕。耶穌說：「除上帝以外，別無良善。」所謂天上上帝的榮耀，就是祂切盼一切都是美善，這包括兩個意義：一切都是完美的，一切都是幸福的。
慈愛的父神企盼一切都是美善的-祂不為自己而活，祂將自己的大愛澆灌在一切的被造上，叫萬物都能分享到祂的愛，直到那日滿足於美善的境地為止。
愛的特色是不求自己的益處，並深覺「施比受更為有福」，且甘願為他人捨己。甚至上帝願割捨自己的獨生愛子，讓祂道成肉身，降世為人；並為全人類的罪，死在十字架上且流下寶血，來感化得世人的心。上帝愛祂兒子的永恆大愛，是與耶穌愛世人的愛相同，而這樣的愛也藉著聖靈流入我們的內心，成為我們生命中重要的力量。
上帝愛祂的兒子，耶穌愛我們，我們也愛耶穌，又因順服上帝的命令，我們就願愛弟兄，且嚐試去愛眾人，為耶穌贏得世人-這些愛都源自於同一個源頭-慈愛永恆的父上帝。這愛是極具威力，可以藉著聖靈流入我們內心，再湧流出來影響世人。
長闊高深、無可測度的大愛啊！若住在這愛裡，也就是住在上帝裡。我的心哪！默想這奇妙無比的愛，並歌頌讚美這位充滿愛的上帝吧！
—《 神 的 心 意 》
(每日靈修 9月8日)
作者：慕安德烈
編輯：榮華興
(圖片版權屬「風一族職場福音加油站」所有，在此僅供分享福音用途。)
『 The Love of GOD 』
Scripture: “God is love, and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.” — (1 John 4:16)
May God through His Holy Spirit grant us grace rightly to adore this unfathomable mystery.
Jesus said: “None is good save one, even God.” The glory of God in heaven is that He has a Will to all that is good. That includes the two meanings of the word: good, all that is right and perfect: good, all that makes happy.
The God who wills nothing but good is a God of love. He does not seek His own: He does not live for Himself; but pours out His love on all living creatures. All created things share in this love, to the end that they may be satisfied with that which is good.
The characteristic of Love is that she “seeketh not her own.” She finds her happiness in giving to others; she sacrifices herself wholly for others. Even so God offered Himself to mankind in the Person of His Son, and the Son offered Himself upon the cross to bring that love to men, and to win their hearts. The everlasting love with which the Father loved the Son is the same love with which the Son has loved us. This self-same love of God, Christ has poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, so that our whole life may be permeated with its vital power.
The love of God to His Son, the love of the Son to us, the love with which we love the Son, the love with which we, in obedience to His command, love the brethren, and try to love all men and win them for Christ—all is the same eternal, incomprehensible, almighty love of God. Love is the power of the God-head, m the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. This love is the possession of all who are members of the body of Christ, and streams forth from them to take the whole world within its compass.
Unsearchable, adorable wonder of love! “He that abideth in love, abideth in God, and God in him.” O my soul, meditate on this wondrous love, and adore the great God of Love!
— God’s Best Secrets by Andrew Murray 「 8 September 」
