As I sat in the congregation listening with rapt attention to my mentor and MOG, Biodun Fatoyinbo at the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) yesterday,talking about the reason for Easter and how that we can never truly love and accept the message of Christ if we do not accept his LOVE, I could hear the song "LOVE is all that matters" filter through the playlist in my heart. (Of course, I had to stop it there, so I don't get distracted from the message)
One point I got from the service bothers on the fact that as Christians, if we haven't first preached God's love, we can't go about threatened people about his judgement which makes them retreat further into their condemned state. Sadly, we still have a lot of unbelieving people in the world because they first heard the message of condemnation, rather than the message of God's love to us. If preaching condemnation first was the case, God wouldn't have sent his son to die for us. It is when we reject that love that condemnation comes, for I know that there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Most
times, our concentration during the Easter centers around the mystery of
Christ's death, burial and resurrection. Only a few people relate back
to the reason for his coming in the first place. John 3:16 brings it
home for us and makes us understand that the beginning of Christ's
journey on earth was birth from LOVE! GOD being LOVE
It is a lie of the Devil that we are unworthy of God's love, regardless of what we are going through at the moment. I speak as God's mouthpiece, especially to those going through a dark phase of life at the moment ...Are you weary, tired, heartbroken, bruised, dejected, depressed, confused, maltreated, downcast, cheated, duped, relegated, suicidal...... It's time to stop hand yourself over to the one who can bring you back to sanity by a sniff of his love.
You will never know your full capability to love, until you accept love and who better to accept it from than the one who loved us first? Accepting his love, helps us love and forgive ourselves, our spouse, our children, our neighbors and even our enemies. I must confess though that this wouldn't be an easy process, because accepting his love means you have to let go of a WHOLE lot of things, but in the end we would realize that, LOVE is really all that matters! So....Position yourself to receive from HIM today!
Photo Credits: COZA Witty Invention
Adun Igbeyawo originates from the Yoruba language of the western region in Nigeria and it means 'the joys of marriage'. For a long time, the society has created fears about the marriage institution, and deliberately left out the joys. It is my earnest desire to use this blog to promote God's intentions for marriage and also celebrate as many couples as I come across in my lifetime, that are working out their marriage God's way by sharing our experiences. Welcome!
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