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July 30, 2008
VERSE:
At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him,
because his time had not yet come. Still, many in the crowd put
their faith in him. They said, "When the Christ comes, will he do
more miraculous signs than this man?"
-- John 7:30-31
http://www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=John+7:30-31
THOUGHT:
The enemies of Jesus had tried repeatedly to seize him. Yet the
Gospel of John reminds us again and again that no one could seize
Jesus until he offered himself up to them. Jesus followed God's
timetable just as carefully as he obeyed his Father's will. So we
can know with assurance that when Jesus died, he did so to redeem
us and obey his Father's will, not because he was powerless to
defend himself. Jesus' death is a voluntary sacrifice, a triumph of
his obedience to his Father's will over his own will for
preservation. He obeyed and we are saved! He offered himself as a
sacrifice so we could be adopted into the Father's family!
PRAYER:
Lord Jesus, I thank you for honoring our Father and being
obedient to him and his timing in your life. Thank you for choosing
to die for me and redeem me from my sin. Thank you, dear Father,
for such an incredible display of love and mercy that cost you so
much. Please give me a more profound sense of my worth and
significance to you, because I know the great price you paid to
redeem and adopt me. In Jesus' holy name I pray. Amen.
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