Scripture:

Isa. 49:15　Can a woman forget her nursing child, That she would not have compassion on the son of her womb? Even though they may forget, Yet I will not forget you.

I. The source of man:

  1. God compares the relationship between a mother and her nursing child to the relationship between God and man.
  2. A child comes out of the mother; the mother is the source of the child. Therefore, the meaning of this verse is that we human beings have come out of God, and God is the source of man.

II. What God is to man:

  1. What God is to man can be compared to what a mother is to a child.
  2. The whole relationship of a mother to her nursing child is love. Likewise, the whole relationship of God to man is also love.
  3. Men have a wrong concept concerning the relationship of God to man, and we need to correct that wrong concept according to the two points just mentioned. People think that God is severely strict toward men, just like a judge. But in reality God is like a loving mother to man.

III. The love of God is so excelling:

  1. There is no problem with the nature of a mother’s love, but there is a limitation of power with a mother’s love. There is a limitation of a mother’s ability to carry out what the mother’s love is longing for.
  2. In nature, the love of God is like a mother’s love, but with the love of God the power is unlimited. Many a time a mother’s love would not be able to help; however, wherever God’s love is, there is also the power to fulfill all that God’s love longs for.

IV. How to receive God’s love:

  1. Acknowledge that God has something to do with you.
  2. Acknowledge that you need God’s love. We should touch people’s feeling. Explain how warm a thing love is. Men need the warmth of love the most. But none of the worldly loves can be warm enough to meet man’s need. Only the love of God has the real warmth.
  3. Confess that you have been ungrateful toward God. God has loved us so much, but we have come short of Him.
  4. From the four points under point IV we see how ungrateful we have been toward God. Do not talk about theology too much; rather, speak from the aspect of love.
  5. Accept the love of the cross. The love of the cross is the highest manifestation of God’s love. If you want to receive the love of God, you must accept the love of the cross.