Personal Devotions
Notes from Mark's personal Bible reading and meditation
With a goal to apply one truth from each day's reading to my life that day
Aug 11, 2022, 2:26 PM
Passage Read: John 5-6
Meditation Verses: 6:60-61
Thought
Jesus said some hard things, not just to those who refused to believe in Him, but also to those who followed Him. He wasn't afraid to offend with the truth. He was in fact more concerned about speaking Truth and sifting those who came to Him than He was concerned about amassing a great crowd of disciples. He came to seek and save those who were lost, knowing full well that many who would be drawn to Him would not care for the Truth.
Aug 10, 2022, 2:28 PM
Passage Read: John 3-4
Meditation Verse: 3:21
Thought
There is an implication here that those who come to Jesus are those who desire to do right, those who desire righteousness. They are willing to come to the Light, to Jesus, that their deeds, their actions and behaviors may be confirmed as having been done in God. Those who love evil are not willing to come to Jesus because He will expose their sin and they'll have to give it up. But those who love and long for truth and goodness will come to Jesus because they have hungered for righteousness, they have been seeking it and they recognize in Jesus the truth of God.
Aug 9, 2022, 2:28 PM
Passage Read: John 1-2
Meditation Verses: 2:23-24
Thought
Jesus did miracles and many people believed in His name, but Jesus didn't entrust Himself to them. He knew what was in man. He knew that men were capable of amassing a mob and coming by force to make Him do their will. He knew men could be very selfish and concerned only about their wants and needs, rather than God's plans. So He didn't entrust Himself to them. Yet that didn't make Him withdraw and avoid men completely, but just remained on His guard while teaching them and healing them. He didn't commit Himself to them, but made sure to protect His autonomy.