
Children often try to confirm the love of their parents by asking them and finding out the size of their love. And parents usually say to them that they love them like the heaven and earth. And the children want to see the evidence of the love of parents.
When their birthday comes, they want to receive a present from their parents. And there is one principle about the present they want to receive especially when they are young. That is, they try to fathom the size of their parents’ love through the size of the present they receive. When the present is big, it means to them that the love of the parents are big. When the present is small, however, they get disappointed thinking that his parents do not love him much.
Spiritually, we are like the children in the story. When we become the children of God, we expect a big present from God: a higher position, more financial rewards, bigger house, etc.. When we do not get these things, we get disappointed, thinking that God does not love me. We truly are like a child yet.
Let us correctly understand the size of the love of God through the presents they gives us. In the Book of Ezekiel, through the story of one person, we can know the size of the present God prepared for his people when they were born in heaven.
Ezekiel 28:13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz and emerald, chrysolite, onyx and jasper, sapphire, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day we were created they were prepared. You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mound of God; you walked among the fiery stones, from the day you were created.
Parents prepare all the good things for the child that are to be born. Likewise, God prepared all the good things for the children who were to be born. And all those things were given to them on the day they were created. Then can we say that our heavenly parents loved us? Yes, they must have loved us very much.
What about now? We sinned against God while in heaven. We were cast down to this earth, the land of sin and death because of the evil things we did. We are destined to die. However, God gave his life to save our life. Is this love small and should we get disappointed? And he prepared heaven for the day we would go back to God and he prepared royal thrones in heaven that we may rule over the universe as kings and queens. Is this present small that we should get disappointed? Definitely not!!
God has prepared something we can never imagine as the bible says: “No one has ever seen, no one has ever heard, no one has ever imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”
This is the present God has prepared for us. God truly loves us all.