Friday 31 Dec 2021

December 31: 1 John 2:18-21

Key Verse: 1 John 2:21
I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.

Devotion:
It is always disturbing to hear things like this – that many antichrists have come and more will probably still come! How do we deal with a statement like that in our lives. Well, first we have to accept this is the truth. This tells us there is evil in this world, evil which lives with us daily. It does not mean we are consumed by it, or that it controls us, or that it fills our lives. This may be hard to believe when we hear of the horrible things which go on in the world through the news we hear!

God wants us to live in the truth. This means He came to share the truth with us so we have a background of truth we can cling to. Evil does not live where the truth lives, because God lives in the truth. Jesus came to share the truth with us in a personal way. He then changed the world by giving His life for the truth He stood for.

If we ignore God and push Him out of our lives, we are leaving a void. The evil in the world will work very quickly to try and fill that void – that is how we get evil in our lives, by rejecting God and allowing anything else in instead! But here we are reminded the evil is not us and it does not belong to us. The devil works to keep the evil in our lives and will fill any gaps we have without though for us.

If we cling to the truth and make sure our lives are filled with Christ, then there is not going to be room in them for the evil. The evil flees from the truth because it does not want to be found out. Christ wants to remain with us so we don’t have room for evil.

Points to Ponder:
What is your last prayer for 2021?

Will you ask Christ to fill your life so there is no room for evil anymore?