Sunday Reading: John 14 28-31
 
Key Verse: John 14 31
31  But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father has given Me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go away from here.

 

Devotion:
Each one of us needs to think more along the line of what Christ was doing here than we do in our lives. We all think about how long we may live and what we will do when we get there. We all think about how we have a certain number of years ahead of us based on the average lifespan of humans. Whilst that may well be so for the average person, we should not be living like the average person.

 

We need to be separating ourselves from this world by showing people that we dare to be different – like Daniel showing everyone that he would continue to praise God in the face of anything. We need to show people that we are willing to do God's work in the face of anything. Stand up and be proud to be a Christian knowing that when you do that you are lifting Christ up to be glorified and nobody else. We need to make sure that He is the focus of our attentions and not the things of this earth that surround us.

 

There will be times when the things of this earth overshadow us or trap us into doing things. There will certainly be times when the things of this earth tempt us away from Christ. Each of these times we have to remember just who should be our focus. We need to remember just who should be in the centre of our lives. We need to lift Christ up to show that we have a mission in life. That mission should be exactly what Christ has told us to do: “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to everyone”.

 

Christ continued to make sure that everyone understood that He did things because God bid it, not because He wanted it Himself. We must cast aside our selfishness and lift God up in our lives...

 

Points to Ponder:
How many years do you think you have to live?
 
Would you have done enough for God if He called you home tonight?