And
This Is The Way To Have Eternal Life ---
To
Know You, The Only True God,
And
Jesus Christ, The One You Sent To Earth.
Scripture
John
17
3
And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you,
the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.
Observation
John
17 is the Lord's prayer for us. Jesus' prayer should help remind us
that this world is not our home! Someone said to me yesterday, “I
don't have a country”. He was lamenting over the direction he sees
our country heading.
I don't like the direction that our country is
going either but I see things from a different perspective. This
country and this world have never been my permanent home!
I
hope that you take time to read John 17, but start at John 16:33 as
it sets the context for the Lord's prayer for us in John 17.
John
16:33
33 I have told
you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will
have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome
the world.”
Hebrews
11
10
Abraham was confidently looking forward to a city with eternal
foundations, a city designed and built by God.
13 All these
people died still believing what God had promised them. They did not
receive what was promised, but they saw it all from a distance and
welcomed it. They agreed that they were foreigners and nomads here on
earth. 14 Obviously people who say such
things are looking forward to a country they can call their own.
15 If they had longed for the country they came from, they
could have gone back. 16 But they were
looking for a better place, a heavenly homeland. That is why God is
not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for
them.
Hebrews
13
14
For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a
home yet to come.
1
Peter 3:18
Christ
suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died
for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical
death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit.
2
Corinthians 5
1
For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down
(that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a
house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not
by human hands.
Application
I
will look at current events through the lens of God's Word. How about
you?
Psalm
119:105
Your
word is a lamp to guide my feet
and a light for my path.
and a light for my path.
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, Your Word is so true. In this world we will have trouble! I
am holding on to Your Word because it is the only way that life makes
sense. Purpose and meaning to life come with a relationship with You
through Jesus Christ. You are in control. You are the Good Shepherd
and we are Your sheep. Help me to depend and trust in You when my
world seems out of control.
Daily
Bible Reading: Jeremiah 18,19,20; Psalms 93; John 17
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