When something goes wrong, do you ever feel like God is getting even with you for your sin or past actions?
Does this thinking lead you to feel that you deserve the bad things that come your way?
Do you live in the Old Testament, assured of a punishing God?
In the New Testament, at the end of the Gospel of John, Chapter 12, Jesus frees us from the image that God is after us, waiting to pounce on us for whatever we've done wrong.
He said:
". . . I did not come to condemn the world but to save the world."
He also said that the condemnation we receive comes from our own rejection of him and our not accepting the word that he spoke.
In other words, we need to look to ourselves before we assign blame on God. It is our own doing when we choose to live in darkness when the One who came into the world as light was sent to free us.
What a different image we get when we see Jesus as coming to save us, rather than coming to condemn us. He loves us and he wants us to be with him. He speaks what the Father has commanded him to say, and he is trustworthy.
Knowing this, what changes do you need to make in your life to be open to his saving word and not condemn yourself or others?
Pray for peace and an end to war.
Janet Cassidy
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