What do you believe the ultimate will of God is towards humans?
It's a serious question that we all need to come to terms with, because the answer will tell us what we believe is the central truth about God. Some people believe God is eager to judge. If that were so, I think humans would've been wiped from the face of the earth long ago. We've given God plenty of reasons to judge us, and most of those were long before reality TV came along. Nowadays, a few minutes on social media would be enough to support any theory that God has ample reasons to cast us out.
Do you believe God is eager to judge? If so, it's probably going to be a very short admission line into heaven.
Do you believe God is a scientist, running various experiments to see what happens as a result of something else? Some believe God is like a clockmaker who has set things in motion and abandoned creation to run while God goes off to try something else.
Jesus is telling us what the will of God is here. Jesus says that God's will is to gather people to God. The will of God is to raise people to eternal life. That's the mission of Jesus, plain and simple.
That means that Jesus' goal is to raise you to eternal life, and then if we are to join Jesus in that mission, we're called to tell and show the people around us that God wants to raise them to eternal life.
So if we believe Jesus and take seriously what the eternal Son of God says, which would be wise, then we should get busy living within the will of God.
Easier said than done, sure, but the first thing is to convince ourselves that we understand the true will of God is to gather people to God. If we can bask in how amazing that is, that we receive grace instead of the judgment that we deserve, then perhaps it makes it a little easier to go out with a spirit of awe and gratitude.
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