Wednesday Reading: John 15 9-15
Key Verse: John 15 15
15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master does. But I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.
Devotion:
Can you imagine someone saying one thing to you that would make you weak at the knees? Can you think of any one thing that could be said to you that would stop you in your tracks and make you think about what you are doing, what you should be doing and how you should change right there and then to make that happen? There will be a time in every person’s life when they are faced with such a decision; whether they are able to face that time with confidence because they have made that decision before-hand or with dread because they know it is too late is the option we have right now!
When Christ was with the disciples and was trying to get them to understand all they needed to know He made sure that He reminded them constantly about love and what it entails. Love is not something that we switch on and off like we see in the movies. Love is not something that disappears in a puff of smoke. Love is never something that should be ignored either because it will not crawl under a table and hide. Instead, love is something that should, and will, make you change or want to change. I am not talking about changing what you are but rather turning your back on things that you know will hurt those people that you love.
When Christ said that we should keep His commandments, that in itself may well have been a commandment, but it is one that He wants us to keep because we want to please Him and not because it is simply what has been written down. God wants us to be willing to follow His will – and that is something that will come naturally if you love Him. Just the same as you love to do things for the people that you love, we should love to do things for Christ because we love Him. Think back a bit on how much Christ has already shown us that He was willing to do for us – how much love He has shown us even before we have returned that love. Love means being willing to do things that are right, without question, without delay, and always!
Points to Ponder:
Are you willing to listen to the people you love?
Are you willing to obey Christ?