Sunday 26 May 2013

Sunday Reading: Luke 2:25-35

Key Verse: Luke 2:32
32  A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

Devotion:
We have many records of how people have showed Godly kindness to others, but this record goes a few steps past that in that Simeon was to look upon the Baby Jesus and to know that this child would grow up to be the most important human in the world. The joy that this moment brought to Simeon was eternal because he now knew that he would be going to heaven knowing he had met Jesus Christ!

Jesus was to show His love to the whole world and that seemed to start even before we are told of His loving ways and all that He would do whilst on earth. Simeon knew that the child he held in his arms at that moment would become the Saviour of the world to both Gentiles and to the people of Israel. There was nothing and nobody that would be left out of that free gift of salvation – it would be to all who would simply believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.

What an amazingly simply look at the whole of the gospel message – believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved! Simeon believed and was bound for heaven knowing that it had been told to him beforehand. We, on the other hand, do not have angels visiting us and telling us that we are going to have a private visit with Christ that will change the world. We have God’s Word. We have the Gospel. We have all manner of proof; but we have to believe in the unseen God and in His unseen Son. That is faith!

Jesus came to seek and to save all the lost people because it is those lost people that need the help and need the message of salvation. It is the lost people who need Christ in their lives. It is the lost people who Jesus is seeking to save. It does not matter if you are a Jew, a gentile, a sinner, or even a religious nut; if we are willing to put aside our unbelief and believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He came to save us from our sin, that He died on the cross, was buried and rose again to defeat the sin debt we owe… then we will be included in the number that can call Jesus Saviour and friend!

Points to Ponder:
What do you trust in life?

Will you believe on Jesus Christ?