Saturday 7 Jan 2023

January 7: 1 John 3:19-24

Key Verse: 1 John 3:23
And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.

Devotion:
How many times have you used the excuse “but I didn’t know it…” or something similar, blaming what has gone wrong on nothing more than ignorance along the line! God has given us the wherewithal to differentiate between right and wrong; He has buried this deep in our souls so we will always know. As we grow and live our lives we change and we take on new thoughts and new ways of doing stuff. You could say we change the rules as we go along.

This can be seen when we read through the bible as we see how the people of Israel started out getting to know God and trying their best to please God. As time went by they grew tired of having to do things for God because they grew spiritually lazy. This spiritual laziness encourage them to change the rules so they would not have to continue doing the things which they knew they ought to do…

God knows we grow weary and He know we will try change the rules, but he still loves us and He continues to try and support us because of this great love. That same love is what He wants each of us to expand on. That same love is what will allow us to keep doing the right things instead of giving in to the ways of the world.

At the centre of this God simply asks us to love one another just as Christ came to love each one of us. He was willing to lay down His life for us to demonstrate that love. We should be willing to go the extra mile to show our love for one another because we are all God’s children and sharing that love means sharing love with God’s family!

Points to Ponder:
Do you believe Jesus loves you?

Will you try to show someone you can love them?