Love is an Intervention

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son (John 3:16). God loved, and it was an intervention. He sent his Son to reveal the love of the Father. This was the Son of His love who would die so that rebels could come home. He sent his Son for our sin so that we could be different and free (Romans 8:3). God’s love confronts our sin. His love won’t tolerate sin. So, God’s love gives a remedy. His Son.

I want to love like God. However, culture provides me an easier way for me to love. All I have to do is “like” your post on social media or comment, “You be you, I support you.” This love does not confront. It avoids conflict at all costs. This love stays far away and doesn’t make you feel uncomfortable. It doesn’t want to be uncomfortable.

But, God’s love crashes in. It is intrusive. It gets right in your face and tells you there is another way to live. God’s love invites us into a relationship and begs us to leave our lovers of autonomy and independence. God’s love is an intervention. It is our chance to be different — what a chance. Only God’s love would come close and give us a chance. Everyone else would have stayed far away from our mess. They would never face the conflict of our rejection.

God loved and gave.