God Wants You

As I looked at the CCJ blog I see that as far as posting goes it is becoming less and less active. So I decided I was going to try to do a weekly post of the theological nature. Thus today begins something I hope to do every Thursday.

The elders of CCJ are currently doing a Bible study on the book of 1 Timothy. It is a great book for church leadership. A couple of verses in particular in chapter 1 stands out to me as I am reading. “This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.” (1 Timothy 1:3-4). That is awesome to think about. God really wants all men to be saved and find out the truth. That is His desire and passion.

Just imagine if you are a parent, losing a child or having a child kidnapped or maybe a child that ran away. Can you imagine how desperate and passionate you are to get them back? Would it ever be far from your mind? No way! It is never far from God’s mind either. He desires all people to come to Him. He desires it so much that He sent His One Son Jesus to pay the price to make it possible for us to be saved.

What does that say about how God feels about us and how He feels about the lost? Every time I read Luke 15 it reminds me of it more and more.