God isn’t like the media

By Jill Kruger Wagner

            I’m very glad that God isn’t like the news media. The media seems to delight to pounce on any mistake a person makes and broadcast it all over the world. They will dig into a person’s background to find something damning to publish. They will attempt to portray a person negatively by thoughtless word or deed – even if those happened decades before. They seem to see people only as good or bad – nothing in between. Can you remember anything in your past that would taint who you are today? I can.

            But God… He desires for us to repent of our sins because He wants us to live up to our full potential and sin prevents that. He lovingly will point the way to a clean life, a fulfilling life, a life free from guilt and condemnation. His Word says, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness” 1 John 1:9. But that isn’t all. In Micah 7:19 it says …he “will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.” A friend of mine used to say, “And then he puts up a no fishing sign.” Why? Because “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” 2 Corinthians 5:17

            God doesn’t need to sell papers and He doesn’t make money from your clicks on Internet stories. He wants to give you the life Jesus died to give you, a fulfilling life in which you live up to your potential. Jesus came that you “Might have life and have it to the full” John 10:10.

            I am super glad that God isn’t like the media.