Wednesday Reading: Galatians 5:1-6
Key Verse: Galatians 5:6
6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Devotion:
There are many saying that we have in the English language about being a master of a single thing or just good at lots of things; in life we often find that it is good to be able to do many things instead of focusing on being a master of one thing – especially when it comes down to DIY work. But in those circumstances we can always turn round to someone who we know is a master of that thing that we need doing and ask them to help out; but that is not the case when it comes down to our belief in God and our faith in Christ!
Our faith in Christ needs to be singular. In other words we need to have faith in the one Christ and nothing else. When Jesus said “I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” He was telling us in no uncertain terms that He is the only way that we will get to heaven. We cannot try to be justified by everything that we do, because even if we think that we have done everything right and kept every law, we are still breaking the law of believing God by not trusting His only begotten Son! We are condemned by the law; plain and simple, the law tells us just how bad we are. Unless we believe that totally and turn to Christ and have faith in Him alone, then we are still falling very short of the mark.
We have to wait for eternal life. It is a promise to us and not something that we get given whilst we are still alive. We have to have faith that that promise will come to pass and the only one who can give that to us is Jesus Christ because He is the one that gave His own life for us in our stead on the cross. He paid for our sin debt and so He alone can dictate our future. But the most amazing part is that He has already given us that promise that He is faithful to deliver… if we trust in Him.
It does not matter what race we are from or what religion people place us in. What matters is that we have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ through whom we can attain eternal life because of His promise to us when we trust in Him!
Points to Ponder:
Do you think you are good?
What does God’s Word say about you?
