Monday, November 18, 2024
Theme: “God loves you and offers you a wonderful plan for your life”
Text: John 3:14-17
14. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15. that whoever believes in him may not perish but have eternal life. 16. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.
Let us remember:
Wherever we talk about love, there is the gift factor. Love consists of giving without expecting anything. To love is to offer one’s heart. And God has offered us his heart through the Son. He gave us what is most precious to him: his Son of love. It is because God loves us that he gave us his only Son. He knew that his Son did not come into this world for a fun time. And yet, he gave him to redeem the world led astray by the devil since Adam’s sin in the Garden of Eden. God had an ancient prefiguration that laid the foundations for a later salvation, a salvation that would come through Jesus Christ. The love of God shown to the children of Israel, at the height of their suffering in Egypt, had foreshadowed salvation by a simple glance at the bronze serpent lifted up on the wood. Likewise, Jesus was lifted up on the wood so that whoever turns the gaze of his faith toward Him, would receive eternal life. The eyes of our faith must be turned toward the one who accepted to die a shameful death, just so that humanity would be honored. God made his Son bear the ignominy so that humanity could bear the glory in exchange. God loves us and offers us a wonderful plan. He gives us life in abundance and without limit in his kingdom. Whoever believes, will experience this love and obtain this life. To enter into his plan, we must accept Jesus as lord and personal savior. His wonderful plan is that we are obedient to his Word. Excellent Monday in the wonderful plan of God. Amen
Alain Louz.-
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