LIVING FOR JESUS --- Daily Devotional
March 3 / Day 4
Jesus, we are not deserving of such great Love but You have chosen to Love us anyway, not because of who we are but because of WHO YOU ARE! Lord Jesus, let us understand the magnitude of what You did by giving up Your Throne to become flesh and dwell among us! Lord, help us understand that Your coming to earth was not just an event but that it was part of a MASTER PLAN to save all mankind from that which can rob mankind of Eternal Fellowship with the Almighty God. Help us to see and understand that the Master Plan was executed at Great Cost to the Master. Let us understand Your Great Sacrifice of not only Dying for us but the Great Sacrifice of Your Living on this earth for us. Keep our attention focused on Your Attention being focused on “us” as You Selflessly Gave of Yourself for our sakes.
The Jesus Questions
JQ#1 Matthew 5:13 (Continued) On February 29, 2016 I was led to start studying the questions that Jesus asked during His Ministry while He was dwelling among us. The Holy Spirit led me to engage as many as I could of my “very few readers” and to get them personally involved by studying not just the questions but to dig deep into their personal relationship with Jesus. The “intent” is to get more people “actively involved” in “commenting on” their personal relationship with Jesus and by “sharing” with others via this post. I think the motivation of the Holy Spirit to encourage us to “action” can be summed up in two quotes which we are all familiar with and I think the Holy Spirit chose these two because the are “familiar” and we often quote them without really understanding them and we miss the deeper meaning than the obvious — to take us to that level where we exclaim, “I never saw that before!” Action Quote #1: “But God DEMONSTRATED His own love TOWARDS US, in that while we were still sinners, CHRIST DIED FOR US.” (Romans 5:8) and Action Quote #2: “The FEAR of the Lord is the BEGINNING of WISDOM and KNOWLEDGE of the Holy One is UNDERSTANDING” (Proverbs 9:10) In the Romans 5:8 quote we often miss the “motivation” of why God would bother with us and the answer is that not only did He love us, but He didn’t just write “I love you” and leave it there, He performed an action to demonstrate “His OWN love” and the action also demonstrates His motivation for He directs His action of His personal love “towards us”. His action demonstrates His commitment and the depth of His love. And even though we were “still sinners” that “Christ died for us!” This one verse is an example that God wants a personal relationship with “us” and that He used actions and not words. The Proverbs 9:10 quote shows us the result of why God encourages us to KNOW Him, He wants to give us His “Love” so that we can also have “understanding” and “wisdom”. Of all the things that I have possessed in this life, nothing has given me greater peace or joy than the best 3 things life has given me, (1) the Love of God (2) understanding that He loves me not because of who I am but because of who He IS and (3) wisdom of knowing this earth is not my home. God appreciates you demonstrating your love towards Him! Please comment.
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