Thursday 14 Jun 2018

June 14: John 3:16-21

Key Verse: John 3:20
Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.

Devotion:
How do you go about knowing just who you can trust? Well, that normally takes time. We start to trust people who seem to tell us the truth. We then place more trust in them the longer they continue to tell us the truth. That trust gets eroded quite quickly every time that person comes up with something which is not the truth, much more quickly than the time it takes to build up the trust in the first place! The disciples did not have too much time to learn all about Jesus as they followed Him as His disciples. But in everything they did, they found truth through Him and built up a trust that would stand the test of time and persecution!

A perfect record of His love towards us is written in our Bibles so we can know that same truth. All we need do is to read about it and we begin to see the truth laid down before our time and will continue until time is no more. Within that truth we find Christ Jesus. He came to this earth so He could willingly go to the cross and pay for our sins; sins which we may continue to do, but sins that are forgiven through what He did for us. I know of no other person who can show so much love. I know of no other records of any other gods that show so much love as Christ has shown us. For me, that fact alone sets Him apart from any other god. The fact that all other gods can be traced back to things which people have created for themselves also means there are no other true gods than God our Father.

The truth is plain for us to see. He continues to watch over us. He continues to love us. He continues to answer our prayers. He continues to uphold His law. He continues to make sure His promises stand for eternity. We need to realise this and make sure we do recognise Him for the Very God He is. He shows us the light, giving us the choice to follow it in truth, or hide from it because of our shameful deeds. The choice is ours. The destination is far too often forgotten about until it is too late…

Points to Ponder:
How often do you try to find things in the dark?

Do you wait for God’s instruction where you would not expect Him to be?