1 Timothy 1:11 (Rotherham's Emphasized Bible) "…the glad-message of the glory of the happy God…"
The other day I was laughing and talking with someone about the Lord, and how good He is. We were having such a fun time. When I walked away, someone I had never seen before, was listening to our conversation, and glared at me, then quietly cursed at me and said that I had no idea what I was talking about. If eyes were guns and looks were bullets, I would’ve been target practice! This was not a happy person.
I love this translation for 1Timothy 1:11 that says "It’s the glad message of THE HAPPY GOD". This is such great news. I can assure you today that God's definitely not glaring at you. In fact, whenever He thinks about you, which is all the time, He's grinning from ear to ear! To glare means to frown, to scowl, to glower, to make a nasty face (love that one), to look with daggers (like that one too) to give someone a look of disgust.
Well, there's nothing you can do to make God glare at you. The gospel of Grace declares that God loves you with a love you cannot measure. To quote Philip Yancey, "Grace means there is nothing I can do to make God love me more, and nothing I can do to make God love me less". Another definition is " the good, glad, merry news that makes you want to jump and leap for joy".
God is a happy God and has a glad message, so smile! God's not frowning at you, He's not mad at you, and He's not even in a bad mood. You put a big smile on His face!
