Friday Reading: Matthew 11 1-6
Key Verse: Matthew 11 6
6 And blessed is he, whoever shall not be offended in Me.
6 And blessed is he, whoever shall not be offended in Me.
Devotion:
No sooner had Christ been giving instructions to His disciples when He would go out to all people and teach them too. His work was a labour of love, something He never tired of doing because He knew that it was sorely needed by each and every one of us. He knew what had to be done, and He knew that it was what was required so that we would get to know just how much we need a Saviour.
No sooner had Christ been giving instructions to His disciples when He would go out to all people and teach them too. His work was a labour of love, something He never tired of doing because He knew that it was sorely needed by each and every one of us. He knew what had to be done, and He knew that it was what was required so that we would get to know just how much we need a Saviour.
We all have our doubts at times. Now whether John had his doubts at this stage or whether he simply wanted his disciples to be shown Christ's teachings in person is not up for discussion as we do not have enough details here. What is shown is that even the most ardent workers have to be shown things at times to strengthen their beliefs. While Christ was here on earth it was easy for them to see His miracles first hand. Now that we are living in our time of faith, we need to listen ever more closely to find out what is happening all around us. We don't have Him walking amongst us performing the miracles in person, but we do have His Word describing all manner of things that have happened.
We need to exercise our faith in order to make it stronger. God is going to allow things into our lives that will do exactly that. What we do when we are faced with those 'exercises' is up to us. We can ignore them and allow our faith to become overweight and unfit, or we can work with them to strengthen ourselves. John knew that his disciples needed strengthening and that is why he would continue teaching them. Christ knew that the ordinary people needed teaching and that is why He did that. Without teaching we can easily loose track on what we should be doing and get carried away by those around us who are doing all manner of things... things that are certainly going to be offending God... It's amazing how quickly we will pick up on those things given a few minutes.
Points to Ponder:
Do you think that you are looking after yourself physically?
How are you looking after yourself spiritually?
Do you think that you are looking after yourself physically?
How are you looking after yourself spiritually?