sokin's devotional 69 - believe and see glory
(note: i started writing this around 820AM, and as I finished, my mom, who has stage 4 lung cancer, just suffered another seizure, which was the second one in about 2 days.. but I still hold by every word I felt here in this devotional, and the Word of God still speaks loudly in suffering. God bless you all!)
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Then Jesus said, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?"
John 11:40
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Right after this statement, Jesus would go on to raise Lazarus from the dead. He raised a dead man to life.
Ironically, while Jesus had this infinite, divine power, He did not do so when He Himself was on the cross.
Jesus gave Himself up for us in His ultimate sacrifice that we might experience the infinite divine power of reconciliation from our sins. He tore us away from sin, death, and condemnation and brought us into the eternal fellowship with our Heavenly Father.
Accusers might have looked upon Jesus' death on the cross at that time and thought that belief in Him would be quenched for good, but in fact it did the opposite - ultimately, our Savior's death on the Cross and eventual resurrection brought hope and faith in the midst of this fallen world.
Do you believe today, O believer? Do you trust in that Savior? Do you believe in Him even when things are most difficult and gut-wrenching and uncertain, now?
Let us heed our Savior's words and believe till the end. Till the very end of our days when although we might not see the glory of God in this lifetime, we know that we shall see glory in the face when our eyes meet our beholder in the heavenly courts above.
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Then Jesus said, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?"
John 11:40
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Right after this statement, Jesus would go on to raise Lazarus from the dead. He raised a dead man to life.
Ironically, while Jesus had this infinite, divine power, He did not do so when He Himself was on the cross.
Jesus gave Himself up for us in His ultimate sacrifice that we might experience the infinite divine power of reconciliation from our sins. He tore us away from sin, death, and condemnation and brought us into the eternal fellowship with our Heavenly Father.
Accusers might have looked upon Jesus' death on the cross at that time and thought that belief in Him would be quenched for good, but in fact it did the opposite - ultimately, our Savior's death on the Cross and eventual resurrection brought hope and faith in the midst of this fallen world.
Do you believe today, O believer? Do you trust in that Savior? Do you believe in Him even when things are most difficult and gut-wrenching and uncertain, now?
Let us heed our Savior's words and believe till the end. Till the very end of our days when although we might not see the glory of God in this lifetime, we know that we shall see glory in the face when our eyes meet our beholder in the heavenly courts above.
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