We called him Rainbow Head. For a couple years he seemed to show up anywhere a major sporting event was being televised. His energetic movement with bobbing rainbow-colored wig had a way of attracting the camera’s attention. Once he was the focus of attention you would see his message: JOHN 3:16.
Although you may not care for his method, you have to appreciate the message. Probably the most familiar Bible verse of all time, John 3:16 speaks of how much God cares for people. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
While we should be good managers of the resources of our planet, the context of this verse reveals it is not mountains, rivers, giraffes, zebras, whales, cats or dogs that God loves but it is people. Jesus is telling us that people matter to God! In the midst of a crazy world radically affected by sin, where sometimes it is difficult to comprehend God’s love, He has tangibly expressed it for us by sending Jesus to die on the cross for us.
You matter to God. Every person you meet today matters to God.
Although you may not care for his method, you have to appreciate the message. Probably the most familiar Bible verse of all time, John 3:16 speaks of how much God cares for people. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
While we should be good managers of the resources of our planet, the context of this verse reveals it is not mountains, rivers, giraffes, zebras, whales, cats or dogs that God loves but it is people. Jesus is telling us that people matter to God! In the midst of a crazy world radically affected by sin, where sometimes it is difficult to comprehend God’s love, He has tangibly expressed it for us by sending Jesus to die on the cross for us.
You matter to God. Every person you meet today matters to God.
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