Wednesday Reading: John 14:15-21
Key Verse: John 14:18
18 I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.
Devotion:
What great comfort the disciples must have had whilst Jesus walked this earth with them; to know that they were with their Messiah and that He was in control of so much must have been amazing. But it certainly did not stop there because Jesus Himself promised that He would leave us with the Holy Spirit so that we would never be alone again – at least those that believe in Him. We have this all written down in our bibles so that we can know these truths but before we can have the Holy Spirit live in us we do have to believe in our Lord Jesus Christ.
If you bought a new car would you immediately drive it down the dirtiest, bumpiest, muddiest road that you could find? Probably not, unless you happened to live at the end of that road! God cannot abide sin and for the Holy Spirit to be able to indwell us we have to be cleaned first. No amount of cleaning ourselves can ever make us clean enough for the Holy Spirit to come into us; but when we are cleaned thoroughly by Christ then we find that God is willing to be in us. Why does Jesus remind us that we need to keep His commandments? Because we have the Holy Spirit within and when we sin we are pulling that sin into ourselves and crowding Him out!
When Jesus knew the time was coming close He made sure that the disciples knew that He would not leave them fatherless; he would not leave them alone, comfortless or without hope. It would be but a few days that they would be without Him in person but that was time enough to reflect upon their lives with Christ and to await His resurrection. When we believe in Christ He makes sure that we are never alone because the Holy Spirit is with us from that point onward. I thank my God daily for His provision for my spiritual life because through what He has already done for me I see His eternal and amazing love for me, a sinner, saved by grace.
Points to Ponder:
Do you ever feel alone?
Are you crowding the Holy Spirit out of your life?
Key Verse: John 14:18
18 I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.
Devotion:
What great comfort the disciples must have had whilst Jesus walked this earth with them; to know that they were with their Messiah and that He was in control of so much must have been amazing. But it certainly did not stop there because Jesus Himself promised that He would leave us with the Holy Spirit so that we would never be alone again – at least those that believe in Him. We have this all written down in our bibles so that we can know these truths but before we can have the Holy Spirit live in us we do have to believe in our Lord Jesus Christ.
If you bought a new car would you immediately drive it down the dirtiest, bumpiest, muddiest road that you could find? Probably not, unless you happened to live at the end of that road! God cannot abide sin and for the Holy Spirit to be able to indwell us we have to be cleaned first. No amount of cleaning ourselves can ever make us clean enough for the Holy Spirit to come into us; but when we are cleaned thoroughly by Christ then we find that God is willing to be in us. Why does Jesus remind us that we need to keep His commandments? Because we have the Holy Spirit within and when we sin we are pulling that sin into ourselves and crowding Him out!
When Jesus knew the time was coming close He made sure that the disciples knew that He would not leave them fatherless; he would not leave them alone, comfortless or without hope. It would be but a few days that they would be without Him in person but that was time enough to reflect upon their lives with Christ and to await His resurrection. When we believe in Christ He makes sure that we are never alone because the Holy Spirit is with us from that point onward. I thank my God daily for His provision for my spiritual life because through what He has already done for me I see His eternal and amazing love for me, a sinner, saved by grace.
Points to Ponder:
Do you ever feel alone?
Are you crowding the Holy Spirit out of your life?