Thursday, March 9, 2008 The Great Conversation: The Great Purpose Behind God’s Great Love
The last few days have been rather intense. I have applied with positions with Liberty National Insurance Co and with National Agents Alliance. The issue of the bar and bankruptcy surfaced with Liberty. I have submitted the background information requested and now must wait and trust God on the outcome.
This morning I reflected on John 3:16 from the perspective that God’s overall arching purpose in sending His Son was to ensure that no one would perish but instead that each person would have the opportunity of eternal life. One thinks again about how those words were received by the gentlemen in the room that night. One begins to get a fresh perspective on the opening dialogue where Jesus told Nicodemus that one must be born again.
Jesus has clearly shared a fresh perspective on a meaningful life with God. It involves embracing that God loved the world in such a way that He gave His Son, and that this relationship God was pursuing is open to whosoever, to anyone.. and the Great Purpose was that individuals have a chance at eternal life with God.
Yep, the God who created the world in seven (7) days, who parted the Red Sea for Moses and the people of Israel, who allowed a shepherd boy named David to lead His people, who used the story of Job to teach about His sovereignty, who gave the story of Jonah and the whale, decided to give you and me the opportunity of eternal life with Him… not eternal life in the abstract, or a place simply to go to avoid hell.. but eternal life with Him.
Yes, that thought must have indeed been gripping on the hearts of those present that nite — God did all this to give me an opportunity at eternal life with Him. That is indeed very humbling.