Oh the deep, deep love of Jesus...

For the past week, or so, the song below has truly ministered to me in so many ways. Especially the part that says " How He watches o’er His loved ones Those He died to make His own How for them He’s interceding Pleading now before the throne ". It is so endearing to me to know that he is interceding for me! I literally have had this song on repeat in my car (and in my head) for the past week. Being so deeply moved by these words I decided to do a mini study of Jesus' intercession for us and found these verses to minister to my soul as well:

Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. 16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Hebrews 6:19 We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, 20 where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever...

I am also a lover of words, and find I take much joy in the knowledge of the true meaning of a word. In the dictionary the word intercede means to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition.

Jesus is an advocate for me before the throne of God! Lately I have been struggling with multiple issues. Some are more recent and I know they are fleeting. Others are not so fleeting. None the less, I am comforted that no matter how long or short the trial or waiting is, the whole time, without ceasing, the Lord is interceding on my behalf. I have also been learning that the sin does not come from not liking the trial or the waiting. The sin comes when I believe that God is "holding out" on me. My God is one gives freely and abundantly ALL good things, in their time. (Ecclesiastes 3:11 - He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end). Praise be to God, for knows and hears my hearts desires, and gives me all that is good!




Oh the deep, deep love of Jesus
Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free
Rolling as a mighty ocean
In its fullness over me
Underneath me, all around me
Is the current of Your love
Leading onward, leading homeward
To Your glorious rest above

Oh the deep, deep love
All I need and trust
Is the deep, deep love of Jesus

Oh the deep, deep love of Jesus
Spread His praise from shore to shore
How He came to pay our ransom
Through the saving cross He bore
How He watches o’er His loved ones
Those He died to make His own
How for them He’s interceding
Pleading now before the throne

Oh the deep, deep love of Jesus
Far surpassing all the rest
It’s an ocean full of blessing
In the midst of every test
Oh the deep, deep love of Jesus
Mighty Savior, precious Friend
You will bring us home to glory
Where Your love will never end