"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee." (Isaiah 26:3)

The touching stanzas of the old hymn "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" reveal Charles Wesley's response of love to Christ's gracious love. Verse three seems to reflect the walk of a believer who desires a full and fruitful oneness with Christ.


Thou, O Christ, art all I want; more than all in thee I find; Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, Heal the sick, and lead the blind Just and holy is Thy name; I am all unrighteousness, False and full of sin I am; Thou art full of truth and grace.

Paul's prayer  was "that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God"
In the case of our savior Jesus Christ lovingly came to "heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils. He didn't just do this for those who followed Him, but for those who needed it, whether or not they responded in love, and indeed before long, those whom He had befriended turned on Him and demanded He die a sinner's execution. Even though  our savior had the power to avoid Calvary,  but His love was so great that He willingly accepted a sacrificial death for our sins, He died for those that hated him and for the sins of us who were once his enemies. Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God.