Real Hope: God's Heart for HumanitySample

## His Heart for Us READ LUKE 15 Wide, wide as the ocean, high as the heaven above; Deep, deep as the deepest sea is my Saviour’s love. I, though so unworthy, still am a child of His care; For His Word teaches me that His love reaches me everywhere. I sang this song as a child in Sunday School and, as I was thinking about the heart of God, this song came back to me. The heart of God is that He wants to be in relationship with us. His heart is for us. If you want to see how God feels about His people, look at the three stories Jesus told in Luke 15. God is compared to a woman who lost a coin, a shepherd who lost a sheep, and a father who lost a son. The woman searches her house very carefully and rejoices when she finds the lost coin. The shepherd rejoices because he found the one lost sheep and returned it to the fold. The father rejoices because his lost son comes home and there is much happiness. God has found us because He loves us so much and that is shown through Jesus. Through the Bible, we learn that God loves humanity and longs for fellowship and friendship with us. We are created in His image (Genesis 1:27). His love for us is fully revealed in Jesus so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16). Our sin is forgiven because of God’s love for us. God searches for us. He cares for us. And He wants us to know Him. #### Written by DAVID BARKER