August 8, 2023
Passage Read: John 3-4
Meditation Verse: 4:50
Thought
This is what Jesus desires of everyone, to take Him at His Word, to believe whatever He says without doubting. That's the kind of faith I want to have. But I'm too full of my own knowledge and wisdom that keep me from the simple faith of a child. It's my own intellect that makes me question and doubt the simple truth of Jesus' words, of God's words. Even Paul writes and calls believers to become fools for God, to abandon the wisdom of this world for the wisdom of God. But the cost is so great, only because I have so much to lose. I love my dignity and my stuff more than I love and am willing to trust Jesus.
Application
God help me! I want to be a true fool in the eyes of this world, but I fear what it will cost. I still think so highly of this life and all its treasures. Oh Lord, help me give it up, to care more about what You think than what I think, more about testifying for You, though all the world thinks I'm am idiot. Help me not fear what people think, but show them how real You are by the life I live. Help me crucify myself, as I ought to be.