- Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, “When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?” John 7:31 – Jesus wasn’t enough for them. In order for them to believe He really was the Messiah they needed more proof from Him. We never are like this right? We take what He’s done for us already in the resurrection and what we see in scripture as proof enough He’s worth giving our life up to follow Him. We never doubt His love for us because He didn’t move like we asked Him to. Or we never question His presence because something horrid happened in our story. Hopefully you know I’m joking here, we all struggle with these things at times. What can help us remain faithful in our walk even in these sort of times is to take what He’s given already as proof of His power and goodness as proof. Unlike how the people in our passage needed more, let’s truly look at what Jesus has already done in our life to show us He loves and cares about us. Let that be enough, and when we truly seek out all the ways God has shown us He loves us through scripture and our life already, I have confidence we’ll have more than enough proof for the rest of our life to lean on. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1399
- When they heard these words, some of the people said, “This really is the Prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Is the Christ to come from Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” 43 So there was a division among the people over him. John 7:40-43 – As a pastor, a church being divided over something always breaks my heart, yet being divided over Jesus is uniquely heartbreaking. This group had seen His signs and heard His words about Himself. Some believed He truly was the Messiah, others thought He was a hoax because He didn’t line up with their interpretation of scripture. Others, like we see in verse 42, rightfully examined scriptures concerning the Messiah, but hadn’t drawn close enough to Jesus yet to discern He fulfilled the prophecies of scripture concerning the Messiah. Whether it was simply following Jesus because they had been feed or because they hadn’t learned enough about Jesus yet, division came between the people over Him. Let us today be willing to take all this in and firm up our pace of following. Let us read and examine all the wonderous signs Jesus performed in Scripture. Let us learn from His teachings within scripture. Finally, let us learn all we can about the person of Jesus to see how He fulfills ever prophecy concerning the Messiah. When we together put Jesus as our focus, and allow scripture to guide our steps, division doesn’t have the be the end result within the church. I truly believe the most vicious division within the body comes with the body takes their eyes off of Jesus and off of scripture. Let our story be one where we are unified in Christ as one body under His leadership. Let our eyes be on the Savior, let our ears listen to His words, and let our hearts be one with one another. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2757
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