Saturday 30 Aug 2014

August 30: John 17:6-8

Key Verse: John 17:8
For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me.

Devotion:
I still find it amazing that God loves us so very much that He put this whole scenario in place before we begun! He made sure that Jesus would be able to come to earth and to pay for our sins without us having to do anything other than get to know and love Him, believing that He is the Son of God and asking Him to forgive us for the things we do wrong against Him! Just think about it for a bit. Think about how much planning had to be put into place before everything kicked off. Then think about all the things we get wrong and mess up and how much more planning had to be done to cater for everything!

He did this because He loves us and He wants us to be able to join Him in heaven just as Jesus was received back into heaven after completing His task on earth. We too will be able to join Him in heaven after our task on earth is done. He is the one who has got a complete plan for each of us just as He had a complete plan for each of the disciples. In the garden of Gethsemane Jesus knelt down and prayed to God in heaven asking that the seeds that He had planted would continue to flourish in each of these men because God had ordained it in the beginning.

Each time one of us gives our lives back to the Lord the prayers start flowing to make sure that those seeds planted continue to grow and flourish just as they did in the disciples. God continues to keep His promises making sure that we get to know Him better each day and to trust and rely on Him totally for our lives. When we do place our trust in Him He is able to help us with greater ease than when we are fighting Him with worldly ways.

Jesus came to earth to make sure that we understood just how much God had given us in the beginning and how much had already been written down for our good. Jesus came to fulfil the scriptures and to show us that every word that had been written down in prophesy was coming to pass just as He had promised in the beginning. Trust in God. Believe in His word and ask for His help because that is what He planned all along!

Points to Ponder:
Are you trusting the world or God?

Do you ask Him for your daily help?