“God uses the tightest human bonding possible, the nursing baby at his mother’s breast, to illustrate His love for us (Isaiah 49:25- ‘Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!’)
But even the highest illustration of human love is not sufficient to demonstrate God’s love for His children. For it is tragically possible for a mother to neglect her nursing child. Mothers are sinful and sometimes their natural love can be overcome by their own selfish interests. The greatest human love may sometimes fail.
But God’s love cannot fail.
Edward J. Young says about this passage, “Not merely will God not forget, He cannot forget. This is one of the strongest, if not the strongest expressions of God’s love in the Old Testament. ...” (Jerry Bridges, Trusting God).
I pray I never give my children reason to question my love for them, but of far more value, I pray they will never question God’s far surpassing, faithful, more satisfying love for them.
