“For God so loved the world He gave …” – John 3:16a
Why did God give? It
was because His character demanded it.
He is love and cannot hate, which many argue is the absence of
love. Psalm 63:3 says “because Your
lovingkindness is better than life”.
That says that the character of God is better than our very life. God’s gift of Jesus to the world to create a
way for God and man to be reconciled in relationship demonstrates how His
character is greater than life as It enables life to happen. Not only is God the Creator of life, it is
His love and kindness to us that allows life to keep going.
It is written in John 6:48 that Jesus said, “I am the bread of
life.” He is the source of
life, the energy that makes it happen. In John 8:12 He says, “I am the light of the world. He who follow Me shall not walk in darkness,
but have the light of life.”
He is the spark for living and of wisdom of life. In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, the
truth, and the life” and in 11:25 says “I am the resurrection and the life.” Jesus is not only the source of life, the
spark of life, and the wisdom of life, He is life. It cannot be found in any other thing or
person or spirit or entity. Jesus is
life.
“So it was, that while they were there, the days were
completed for her to be delivered. And
she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and
laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn”
(Luke 2:6-7).
The source of life was given to the world. If only man would trade the temporary for the
eternal, wishes for hope, fear for faith, hate for love, idols for the one true
living God. We have a choice. What a gift!
Nothing is as depressing or disheartening as not having a choice. We can choose life, an eternal forever life given
by a God Who’s character is love and kindness.
What a gift! What a God!
Be thankful today for the rich and powerful graces and
mercies of our Father Who is in heaven.
Choose life from Him, in Him and through Him today.
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