Today’s Reading: John 5:25-36
Hearing God’s Voice for Today:
“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.”
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Reflect on this truth today: Jesus can do nothing on his own. He is totally dependent on the Father and his strength.
Think about this reality. Jesus was completely connected to his Father and daily needed his strength as he lived on earth. So do you as you are connected to Jesus on a daily basis. Apart from him, you can do nothing. Connected to him, you can do all things.
The Father has given the Son full authority over all humanity. It is Jesus’ responsibility to judge all humans. He alone holds the power to give eternal life and death. His judgment is perfect in every way. This is because he seeks first and solely the will of his Father in heaven. He was the one who sent him. He and the Father are one.
God is your source of life. In him, you live and move and have your being. He has guaranteed to you the gift of eternal life.
Today, be still and know that Jesus is your God. He is the one who created you. You are his, the sheep of his pasture. Remain totally in him. Rest completely in him. Don’t find your life’s meaning or strength in anything or anyone else. From him alone you will find your strength and hope.
Don’t seek your own will. Seek first his kingdom. Desire his will— with all your heart, soul, mind, and might. Trust him with all the secondary and tertiary issues in your life.
They are not unimportant to him. He knows your needs. Just seek him first. Your needs will be met.
Listen to the Lord’s voice today. He will guide you. Go to where he tells you to go. Feel his promptings to touch another person in your sphere of influence with his love. Go find a hurt and heal it. Go find a need and fill it.
Walk in his grace. Be his hands and feet today. Let his life flow through you to others—as his Father’s life flowed through him to you and others who believe in him.
Don’t you see? This is Jesus’ will for your life each day. He wants you to be an instrument of his healing and peace to the world. He wants you to help him advance his kingdom on earth.
Will you let him lead you? To those who are faithful to what he gives them, he will give even more responsibility.
Through him, you will find the strength to do all things.
That’s because nothing is impossible for those who believe in him and are totally connected to him.
[from “Hearing the Voice of God” by Pastor David Chadwick, Moments of Hope Church, Charlotte, NC]