Jesus coming… (John 1:29) 131008
The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29)
It is already 5pm when I am writing this. I am not too sure if I should even write, but anyway, I still write. I write, not because of obligation, for there is not one checking on me or holding me accountable if I don’t write. I write, not because it is my job, no one is paying me to do it; at least the church is not paying me to write. I write because I need to keep on practicing this spiritual exercise to keep my spiritual life fit. This is the reason I write.
I keep writing devotion is so that I will keep doing my devotion, and spend time thinking through the word of God and letting the word of God penetrates me through and through. Recently I have not been jogging for awhile because I had flu two weeks ago. But when I restarted my routine last Thursday evening, I had my whole body’s muscles aching on Friday. I know that my age is catching up, but I also know that it is because I have not been training for awhile. This applies to our spiritual life.
John the Baptist saw Jesus coming to him while he was baptizing people at the Jordon River (v28). John’s spiritual exercise was to keep baptizing people, mine is keep writing devotional journal; and that is where I see Jesus coming to me. John say Jesus coming to him to take away the sins of the world, but I see Jesus coming to me comforting me, confronting me, guiding me and empowering me.
I know that the key to such encounter have to begin with consistence spiritual discipline. There are Christians who don’t believe in practicing spiritual discipline. They believe that they are saved by grace and that is enough. They would consider practicing spiritual discipline is an act of lack of faith. Some would go for special meeting just to have an encounter with Jesus and happy chasing after “anointed” speakers rather than spending time practicing spiritual discipline. I am not saying that we are saved by our practice of spiritual disciple, but rather I am saying that salvation begins by grace and continues by practicing spiritual discipline in faith. I am also not against attending “special” meeting and ignore that fact that there are “anointed” people of God being use to usher in the presence of God. But I am very sure that any of these “anointed” speakers will strongly encourage us to read our bible, spend time praying and do good to others.
Only those who keep doing these things will see Jesus coming to them. If we are not doing good or following the way of Jesus, I am not too sure if we really want Jesus coming to us. I can imagine that we are not keeping the word of God because we have not been reading it and we are in the middle of some sinful acts, we will not want Jesus to come and stand before us. That will not be the best timing. Even if He comes, we will not recognize Him, because we are not familiar with Him.
The bottom line is, keep practicing the spiritual disciplines, and wait for Jesus coming to you. If you have been reading my devotion, good for you, but this should not be your devotion, this is mine devotion. You should also have your own time with God and wait for Jesus coming there. He will takes away sins, and bring to you healing and comfort, power and strength.
Jesus coming…
HHS….
Abel…
