In Psalm 103:11, David speaks of God’s fatherly love in this way: “For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him.” In the last chapter, we saw that God’s ways are higher than our ways, as the heavens are higher than the earth. Here we see that God’s love for His own is as high as the heavens are above the earth. Just as God’s wisdom, like the height of the heavens, cannot be measured, so God’s love for us cannot be measured. It is not only perfect in its effect, it is infinite in its extent. No calamity that may come upon us, however great it may
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