- Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. Revelation 3:4 – When it came to His message to the church in Sardis, it wasn’t calling them out on any particular immoral act, it was to label them dead. Yet, from within the deadness, there were still a few names that had not followed the path of the rest. A few that had continued to remain faithful after God, even when the whole rest of the church had gone another path. Take this as a reminder that each one of us has the choice as to who we are going to follow and pursue. Maybe our whole community is going one way, and that way isn’t honoring to God, you can choose a different path. Know God’s path won’t always be the popular one, even to groups with the title of “Church.” Seek out who God is in His Word, learn the path He wants you to follow, then regardless of who travels with you pursue Him. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1571
- I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! Revelation 3:15 – For each of the seven churches, Jesus proclaims this truth…He knows. He knew their works, He knew they dwelled where Satan’s throne was, and He knew the trials they were going through. For the three churches in our chapter Jesus knew how one looked holy on the outside, but He could see the dead heart under the surface. He knew how another faithfully served him though having little strength and was being attacked by the enemy. And the last church Jesus knew that while they believed they were rich and needed nothing, they were spiritually wretched, poor, and naked. We must understand that Jesus sees everything and knows everything, even the aspects we desire Him not to be aware of. But we also must be willing to take His viewpoint on us over our viewpoint of us. As David Guzik put it, “What Jesus saw in them was more important than how they saw themselves.” While they thought they were alive, Jesus said they were dead. While they thought they were rich, Jesus said they were poor. When Jesus declares over us something different than we believe about ourselves, we must be willing to humble ourselves and accept the word we hear from Him. Yes, He may call us lukewarm and we need to accept that and repent. He also may say that you are loved by Him, and you need to accept that truth as well. Again, it’s not how we see us that matters, but how Jesus sees us. For Jesus knows our works and He knows us. He created us! Allow then the voice of our Creator be the definer and director of our life. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2787
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