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Today's Devotion
From Dr. David Jeremiah
The Greatest of These Is Love: Infinite Love
February 28, 2026
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:14
Recommended Reading:
John 1:10-1410 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His own,[c] and His own[{{f}}] did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:10-14
How do humans like us express the nature of God’s infinite love? Charles Wesley, the Methodist hymnwriter, pondered this as he studied John 1:14. From that meditation, he wrote a hymn that described God’s love as “divine” and “excelling” over every form of love imaginable. He spoke of “Joy of Heaven to Earth come down.” In other words, this great love of God has a name—Jesus! Wesley said, “Jesus, thou art all compassion, pure, unbounded love thou art.”
Divine! Excelling! Joy! All compassion! Pure! Unbounded! That’s Jesus!
Whenever you are down and out, think of how much God loves you. Let your mind be comforted by the Bible verses that speak of His love. Use your lips to thank Him. And you might even look up Wesley’s old hymn and sing it for yourself: “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling.”
The Lord is full of mercy and compassion, slow to anger, long-suffering, and of great kindness…. God is love; love in Himself; love towards a world of sinners. He wept over the bloody city, He lamented and mourned for Scribes and Pharisees, He prayed for His very murderers.
Charles Wesley
