What kind of love says, "you win again"?

Do you ever get the sense, after a day of little regard for your Lord and Savior, or after a season of forgetting your first love, that what He whispers to you, across a distance of your own making, is this... "you win again".

He does not force our hand. He lets us win.

There is so much that He could have been for you that day, but you had to have it your way.   You win again. Is that what the father of the prodigal said to the wayward son, when the son requested the very means for his departure... "you win again"?

We win again and again, and still He does not let us go. We win until every drop in our own cisterns runs dry, and then He willingly becomes for us a fountain of living waters. He lifts the cover, and looks inside our heart. There is no fight. You can't fight a battle of love with Him. He will simply reply, "you win again", and continue His relentless pursuit. For He knows that no other Life can see you through. And when His love does break through, He's going to break down your defenses one by one. It's a love that doesn't depend on you. Nobody stops His Body from ransoming you. He's going to be there when you fall. It is He that could never let you cast aside the greatest love of all. 

-me

The gospel according to ... The Bee Gees?:




YOU WIN AGAIN

I couldn't figure why
You couldn't give me what everybody needs
I shouldn't let you kick me when I'm down
My baby

I find out everybody knows that
You've been using me
I'm surprised you
Let me stay around you

One day I'm gonna lift the cover
And look inside your heart
We gotta level before we go
And tear this love apart

There's no fight you can't fight this battle of love with me
You win again, so little time, we do nothing but compete
There's no life on earth, no other could see me through
You win again, some never try but if anybody can, we can
And I'll be, I'll be following you
Oh girl

Oh baby, I shake you from now on
I'm gonna break down your defenses, one by one
I'm gonna hit you from all sides, lay your fortress open wide
Nobody stops this body from taking you

You better beware, I swear
I'm gonna be there one day when you fall
I could never let you cast aside
The greatest love of all

There's no fight you can't fight this battle of love with me
You win again, so little time, we do nothing but compete
There's no life on earth, no other could see me through
You win again, some never try but if anybody can, we can
And I'll be, I'll be following you
Oh girl

You win again, so little time, we do nothing but compete
There's no life on earth, no other could see me through
You win again, some never try but if anybody can, we can
And I'll be, I'll be following you
Oh girl

You win again, so little time, we do nothing but compete
There's no life on earth, no other could see me through
You win again, some never try but if anybody can, we can

There's no fight you can't fight this battle of love with me
You win again, so little time, we do nothing but compete
There's no life on earth, no other could see me through
You win again, some never try but if anybody can, we can

There's no fight you can't fight this battle of love with me
You win again ...