“This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.” 1Jo4.9
The road to eternal life is paved with God’s good intentions. You can tell a great deal about someone by looking at their aims and ambitions. It is God’s ambition to restore us to life. God’s love has been clearly demonstrated among us in Jesus. Though we are a rebellious lot, choosing the nightmare of our self-rule, He patiently seeks our return to Him.
I think it important to note that God’s aim for us is life, not religion. The words of Christ is that he came that we might have life and have it to the full. The abundant life is measured in the meaning which the Creator has assigned to it. Christ has come to restore us to that meaning, to our created purpose, which is to know the value of life under the reign of His Father. Our selfishness has made us suspicious of Him. That is why He has given us a good indication that we can trust His good intentions. He sacrificed the very life of His one and only Son, to pay our life debt. Now that the debt has been paid, we are given access to re-ascend in faith by making His intentions our own. This is what we ask by saying, “Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” 2/26/07 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
