GOD Is Love
An all-powerful GOD is scary and not someone you would want to meet. But GOD is love, that changes everything.
“And we have come to know and believe the love that GOD has for us. GOD is love; whoever abides in love abides in GOD, and GOD in him.”
Shepherd’s Note
John does not say GOD is loving, though He is; he says GOD is love, which is a statement about His nature and not His mood. That changes everything about meeting Him. Power alone would make GOD terrifying, a force to survive rather than a Father to approach. But the power is love, all the way down, proven not in a slogan but at the cross, where He gave Himself for the world He made. The man who knows and relies on that love, as John puts it, can stop bracing himself against GOD and start living in Him.
This post is part of a series about my beach encounters with GOD. Read from the Beginning >>