It’s Going To Be OK

John 13:34, John 3:16

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Little over a year ago, following the death of my daughter, as my wife and I were walking around town, as we liked to do, we came across these stickers here and there that said, it’s going to be okay. And whenever my wife saw one of those stickers, she just loved it because we had been going through so much and feeling so down. It was so nice to have that thought in our mind that things were going to work out. Things were going to be okay.

Well, more recently as we were walking, we saw again one of those stickers and my wife commented, I wonder if anyone has ever created a sticker that says Jesus loves you. It got us thinking which one of those slogans is really more comforting? It’s going to be okay or Jesus loves you.

And I think the second one is really more substantial, isn’t it? You know, the first one really is kind of saying this too shall pass, right? But the second one really gives us the reason for hope. Jesus loves you. We know that Jesus loves us. He said basically that in John chapter 13 when he says,

I have loved you… (John 13:34)

And we know, of course, that familiar passage from John 3:16

For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him shall… …have eternal life. (John 3:16)

Yes God showed his love for us. He didn’t just say, I love you, but he showed it in His Son that he sent to suffer and die for our sins. Jesus ultimately went to the cross to pay for the price of our brokenness and the brokenness of our world that leads to things like disease and destruction and death. Jesus went to satisfy God’s wrath against us for our sins, so that we know because of him we are right with God. And there is hope for the future, especially because Jesus didn’t just die. Jesus also came back again to life from the dead, showing his power to even be able to defeat death.

Talk about an amazing hope, especially for those that are mourning. For those that have experienced a devastating loss in their life. A loved one that has died. To know that Christ has not only paid the price of sin, Christ has defeated death. And so there is hope for you and for them, for all who trust in their Savior, Jesus Christ. That it doesn’t end in death, but in life because of him.

So it’s going to be okay. It’s a nice slogan to think about. I think a better one is Jesus loves you. But a good reminder for us, especially when we’re facing hard things. Jesus loves you, and he’s proved it. Amen.