May 17th, 2020 – Morning Devotion With Pastor Dan
(John 11:25-26)…..Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?
Have you ever been in a place where you just were not sure that God would do what you were asking of Him? That you believed He could do miraculous and mighty things for others, but you were just not sure He would do them for you. I’m not saying that it is unbelief, I’m just saying with a little bit of uncertainty. Think about this text today as I share these words from Oswald Chambers
Martha believed in the power available to Jesus Christ; she believed that if He had been there He could have healed her brother; she also believed that Jesus had a special intimacy with God, and that whatever He asked of God, God would do. But she needed a closer personal intimacy with Jesus. Martha’s theology had its fulfillment in the future. But Jesus continued to attract and draw her in until her belief became an intimate possession. It then slowly emerged into a personal inheritance – “Yes Lord, I believe that You are the Christ…..(11:27).
Is the Lord dealing with you in the same way? Is Jesus teaching you to have a personal intimacy with Himself? Allow Him to drive His question home to you – “Do you believe this?” Are you facing an area of doubt in your life? Have you come, like Martha, to a crossroads of overwhelming circumstances where your theology is about to become a very personal belief? This happens only when a personal problem brings the awareness of our personal need.
To believe is to commit. In the area of intellectual learning I commit myself mentally, and reject anything not related to that belief. In the realm of personal belief I commit myself morally to my convictions and refuse to compromise. But in intimate personal belief I commit myself spiritually to Jesus Christ and make a determination to be dominated why Him alone.
Then, when I stand face to face with Jesus Christ and He says to me, “Do you believe this?” I find that when I think how foolish I have been in not trusting Him earlier.
Oh that you and I would learn to just simply believe Him. To get our eyes off what surrounds us in this world, and look to Him with a full heart of faith. This is the hour to believe our Lord, in everything.