Mid-Week Message - God is Love

There was a tragedy in Manchester last night.  A terrorist attack at a concert killed over twenty people and wounded over fifty more. This senseless act of evil has forever altered the lives of people who wanted nothing more than to enjoy an evening out listening to the music of one of their favorite artists.  And it is a reminder to all of us of the ugliness that walks among us. 

Satan's joy comes from destruction.  His goal is to steal us away from our Lord, to plant doubts about the love of God so that we no longer listen to His holy Word or follow the path that leads to Heaven. Evil stems from hearts that are hardened to the sacrifice of Jesus.  As darkness sets in we become pawns of the enemy.  It is very simple, either we share the light of our Father or we are instruments of darkness and we saw a result of that darkness last night.

Does this sound too simplistic?  It shouldn't.  We have one Creator. Scripture is very clear that there is only one Almighty God.  Like I mentioned last week, there are many "gods" that we can worship but there is only One Lord.  One Father.  One that is worthy of praise.  One that is worthy of worship. One that offers salvation. One Way. One Truth.  One Life.  However, He created us with free will which means we are free to choose whether to align our lives with Him or not.  These evil ones who committed this heinous act have chosen not to. 

1 John 4:16 tells us, "And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them."  God is love.  He loves you.  He loves me.  He even loves the perpetrators of this horrible act.  The world needs to see the people of the one true God in action.  We need to be actively loving people.  Actively sharing the gospel.  Actively helping as the Lord gives us the ability to.  We need to abhor evil and speak the truth in boldness.  There is nothing mightier than the Word of God. Nothing greater than His Love.  And nothing more purifying than the blood of Christ.  

Brothers and sisters, stand up and speak up!  Pray for each other. Pray for this world.  And pray, especially, for those who are trapped in the clutches of the enemy that they might turn from their wicked ways and seek God's face.