Today’s Readings: Ezekial 4-6, Psalm 82, John 2
23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name.[d] 24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. 25 He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.
Where does your belief come from? Where does your unbelief come from?
I think about the miracles we read about in John 2. I had read before that one of the first miracles Jesus performed was filling the wine vases. How amazing. Maybe believing would involve seeing the paralyzed man healed or raising Lazarus?
Many believed based on these miracles, but many still didn’t. I didn’t see the miracles we read from the Bible, but I think of my wife, Jennifer, and three kids: Jackson, Marshall, and Gianna. I think of my profession God has blessed me to do or even my health, which I wake up to daily.
Even with all the daily miracles we are blessed with, this does not guarantee eternal belief. The most critical decision in worldly life is to know God. Amid life and all our circumstances, we aim to believe, trust, be obedient, and continue to know and understand Him.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Dear Heavenly Father,
The miracles You show us every day we are so thankful for. Help us to understand Your love more each day. Help us to realize how we need to be obedient and how Your Son Jesus died for us. Lord, help us know You better each day. Amen
Psalm 82:8 provides a reminder on Election Day.
Come, O God, and rule the world; all the nations are yours.