For the Love...

God rests in His love Zephaniah 3:17 explains. He has no more complaints against us; He has extinguished every one of them in the Son of His love. “Divine wrath is silent, because love has hushed it. Divine justice is silent, because love has satisfied it. Sin is silent, because love has condemned it. Satan is silent, because love has vanquished him. God’s love has silenced every voice but its own.”

Oh what power the love of God,
To silence wrath on sinful clods;
Love pierced the heart of His own Son,
To hush the voice of ev’ry one!

Oh what power the love of God,
To satisfy and silence law;
Love bruised His Son in my own place,
To justice fill and give me grace!

Oh what power the love of God,
To banish sin and fill with awe;
Love stopped to serve and judge my case,
To draw me near to see His face.

Oh what power the love of God,
To vanquish Satan with His Rod;
Love conquered him -- my enemy,
To put to death all enmity.

Oh what power the love of God,
To rest and never be at odds;
Love stills all voices but its own,
To reign forever from its throne!

From the book Growing Up In Grace, by Murray Brett