Monday 8 Apr 2013

Monday Reading: John 6:36-40

Key Verse: John 6:37
37  All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

Devotion:
We do not have the privilege of personally seeing Jesus in the flesh yet because we are still bound by the rules of this world we live in; but there will come a day when we will see Him face to face and what a glorious day that will be! One of the most remarkable things is that every soul that comes to Jesus will find a willing God who will accept them and will never turn them away.

We always try to look for the catch when we are told that we are going to get a free gift of any kind and so we also look when Christ promises us eternal life. The catch is that we have to believe in our hearts that he is the Son of God and that He has indeed come to save us from our sins. But, you may say, that is not a catch… Well, it may not seem like a catch to us as Christians, but to someone who does not believe that this is the truth, they will see it as a catch. Each one of us made all manner of excuses before we did come to know Jesus and they are not going to be any different; they will seek out any excuse they can to not have to acknowledge their own sins before God!

Jesus did not come down to earth to try and do what He could to lesson our debt but instead came to earth because God’s will must be done. Jesus was a willing servant of Gods just like we need to be. We should be listening to what God wants in our lives and trying to do His will just as Jesus showed us. That in itself is not going to be an easy task unless we are willing to listen just like Jesus was willing.

If we are thus willing, Christ is willing to save us from our sins and the debt we owe for doing those sins. Not only was Christ willing to give everything for God but He was willing to give up everything for each one of us; just so that He could be our Saviour and raise us up on that last day to be with Him.

We do not know when that day will be that Christ will come for us so we have to be ready all the time, waiting on His return. Jesus continued to carry out God’s will until the time was right, and then He returned to Jerusalem to give His life freely for our sins. That is how we should show our willingness to do God’s will in our lives as well.

Points to Ponder:
Are you willing to listen?

Are you listening to God?