How do I change the value of a label with a timer without getting a "Cross-thread operation not valid" error

[Necropony1457]

I'm trying to create a basic idle game like program in a visual studio form using visual basic, but every time that I try to run my program it gives me an error saying "System.InvalidOperationException: 'Cross-thread operation not valid: Control 'PointCounter' accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on.'" I have the timer initialized when the form loads

Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
' initalizes timer
TimerGameTick = New Timer(100)

TimerGameTick.Enabled = True

TimerGameTick.AutoReset = True
TimerGameTick.Start()
End Sub

and I have an event set up for the timer

Public Sub OnTimedEvent(source As Object, e As System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs)
IntPoints = IntPoints + IntPointsPerSecond
UpdateScore()
End Sub

and UpdateScore() is

Public Sub UpdateScore()
PointCounter.Text = "Click Points: " + IntPoints.ToString
End Sub

any Idea what I can do to fix this?

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