“For
God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten so, that whoever believes
in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
We all know somebody who likes to
tell the same stories over and over again. Sometimes we smile as we hear them.
Sometimes we groan because we have to hear them again. And sometimes we avoid
those people so that we don’t have to hear them again. But today’s verse is a
story so wonderful that the repeat telling of it only becomes better each time.
Some very great preachers have spent months just preaching on this one verse.
What makes it so great? Well, it is
a love story; God’s love. It is also a mystery; why would He give His Son to
die for us? It has a happy ending for those who believe it. It has universal
appeal; it is for the whole world. Everyone everywhere can love it. They can
find hope and joy in it. They can hear the greatest promise by the Great God of
creation and know it is for them and not someone else. Who wouldn’t want to
hear this story over and over again? Who wouldn’t want to retell this story as
often as they could?
Dear
Father, Thank You for the greatest true story ever told and for the hope and
joy and promise that that story gives to us all. Amen.
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