God's Never Ending Pursuit of His Children

Last night I went into the city with Kaitlin to Drexel Students for Christ. I absolutely love visiting  because I love to see the work God is doing on that campus. I do, however, normally end up feeling downcast when I leave because of the lack of evangelism on my campus. Instead of being encouraged by the work at Drexel, I can feel discouraged at the lack of work at Widener, which I blame myself for. That's another topic for another time, but last night I left more encouraged and met by God than I ever had at a campus fellowship group.

The speaker (I totally didn't even catch his name) was from a 10th Pres church plant in the heart of Camden. Can I just say how much I loved hearing from him? He had such a passion for the Lord that he would have to pause to catch his breath because he was going off about Christ's love so fast. He had so many words to say that 45 minutes wouldn't have allowed. I absolutely love Covenant Fellowship and I'm thankful for the rich teaching I receive from Sovereign Grace pastors, but I have to admit I love hearing the different styles of people outside of it. I mean, we're all still serving the same God, right? The speaker spoke on God's Covenant and closed with God's never ending pursuit of us. He said, "If I were at a youth group, I'd give the example of Finding Nemo. But since I'm at a college, I'll use the movie Taken instead." He began describing the movie and how it reflects God's love for us. The rebellious daughter lied to her father and ran away from him to France. After the father made a promise with her that she would keep his commandment of having chaperones, she lied and went to follow the tour of U2. Her and her friend end up getting kidnapped the first day they get there and are sold into a sex slave. The dad, Liam Neeson, did everything in his power to find this man. He only knew him by his voice, but he hunted him down. He shot his friend's wife, tour up the entire country of France, and did everything in his power to get his daughter back. Even though she lied to her father and went against his will, he loved her unconditionally and was on a mission to get her back. Being a huge fan of that movie, I fell in love with his illustration of comparing God's never ending pursuit of us to this movie. The same goes for Finding Nemo if you've ever seen that movie. Although, I think Taken makes it a little more realistic and exciting, don't you think? ;)

I was shocked. amazed. encouraged.

Me? The girl who professes to be a Christian and sins 5 seconds later. The girl who leads a youth bible study but forgets to read her bible during the week. And me.. the girl who loves her God and church more than anything but can't seem to explain that joy to others. God loves me and he's after me, and God loves you. And no matter what situation you're in, he is never going to stop pursuing you. Be encouraged, friends. God is our Father who has an unconditional love that we will never be able to fathom.


 I have loved you with an everlasting love;
    therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you

Jeremiah 31:3