Day 10 - What Does Jesus Want Us to Do? | | February Devotional in the Gospel of John
What Does Jesus Want Us to Do?
By Harvey Stob
John 6:51, I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
Who is Jesus? Bread. What does he want us to do? Eat him! Why? So he can get inside of us.
Jesus knows all about temptation, betrayal, rejection, persecution. He knows about sickness and death and family tragedy. So he wants to dwell inside us, strengthening and guiding us so that we will live as he did, fully in love with God and with people.
Jesus also expects us to be faithful disciples, and he knows how difficult that can be. People may ridicule us, hate us, persecute us, even kill us. We will be tempted to deny knowing him. So he wants to get inside of us and empower us to remain committed to him and to his cause.
That cannot happen unless we eat and drink God’s Word. That reminds us of the Lord’s Supper (Holy Communion), but the Supper only makes visible what we are to do every day. We are to feed on Jesus Christ, the bread of life, allowing him to nourish and strengthen us from the inside. We are to drink from him, allowing him to restore and refresh us with his power.
Reflection Question: What does Jesus want me to do?
Action Item:
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