To Receive and Believe
My favorite verse for the last couple of weeks has definitely been John 1:10-12 which is as follows:
"He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him. He came to that which was His own, but His own did not receive Him. Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God."
That verse was probably one of the first bible verses I had ever read. When I first started becoming serious about God's word I had started by reading the book of John. It didn't hit me the first time I read it but as I saw it again several weeks ago I couldn't help but stop and be in awe. It was truly enlightening.
Can you just imagine creating something so magnificent, something you thought so long and hard about because you wanted to make it perfect? Well, imagine that you were able to create that something and you were so proud of it. It's sort of like what God went through when he made this universe. Just imagine every intricate detail there is, from a little atom to a galaxy! God created it, he thought of every detail, every blade of grass on this Earth to every hair on top of your head. He knew your name before you were born and even before He created this world!
Well, when God sent His only son, Jesus to Earth, he was degraded, spat upon, insulted, persecuted and even crucified. The One who created the Earth, the One who knew every detail, the One who loved (He is love), rejected! If I were God, I would have just given up on Earth. I would have just destroyed this world out of anger and hurt. Thank goodness, our God is good! He is just! His perfect plans are above what we could ever think of!
"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." - Isaiah 55:9
"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will isÂhis good, pleasing and perfect will." - Romans 12:2
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
Despite our unworthiness, despite the way we behave and treated His one and only son, God still loves us. He said - to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God. When we accept Jesus into our lives and we are born again, God welcomes us into His family. Truly God, I am in awe of You!
"He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him. He came to that which was His own, but His own did not receive Him. Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God."
That verse was probably one of the first bible verses I had ever read. When I first started becoming serious about God's word I had started by reading the book of John. It didn't hit me the first time I read it but as I saw it again several weeks ago I couldn't help but stop and be in awe. It was truly enlightening.
Can you just imagine creating something so magnificent, something you thought so long and hard about because you wanted to make it perfect? Well, imagine that you were able to create that something and you were so proud of it. It's sort of like what God went through when he made this universe. Just imagine every intricate detail there is, from a little atom to a galaxy! God created it, he thought of every detail, every blade of grass on this Earth to every hair on top of your head. He knew your name before you were born and even before He created this world!
Well, when God sent His only son, Jesus to Earth, he was degraded, spat upon, insulted, persecuted and even crucified. The One who created the Earth, the One who knew every detail, the One who loved (He is love), rejected! If I were God, I would have just given up on Earth. I would have just destroyed this world out of anger and hurt. Thank goodness, our God is good! He is just! His perfect plans are above what we could ever think of!
"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." - Isaiah 55:9
"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will isÂhis good, pleasing and perfect will." - Romans 12:2
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
Despite our unworthiness, despite the way we behave and treated His one and only son, God still loves us. He said - to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God. When we accept Jesus into our lives and we are born again, God welcomes us into His family. Truly God, I am in awe of You!
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