Today Daily Devotional

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October 23, 2018 Treasure in Clay Jars
In
ancient times there were no banks as we know them. So people would
keep their valuables and treasure hidden, and they would keep it in
everyday containers like clay jars, tucked away in a secret place or
buried in the ground.
Paul
makes good use of the contrast between the clay and the treasure. The
cheap, rough, material of a clay jar is totally different from the
refined, precious jewels and coins it may contain. And Paul compares
the treasure to the precious message of salvation that God calls us
to share in Jesus’ name, despite all our earthy weaknesses and
sinfulness.
How
precious are the “wonderful words of life,” the message of
forgiveness through God’s love and grace, the news of Jesus’
victory over death, and the promise of our own resurrection! There is
no truth so precious as the gospel of Christ!
Often,
however, we get discouraged in our own weakness. Even if we are not
persecuted or imprisoned for our faith like Paul was, we can
understand the feeling of being “hard pressed on every side.”
Until the day we are called into eternal glory, we must not lose
heart. Till then, let this be our motto: “We also believe and
therefore we speak.” Let us not lapse into silence. The same grace
that forgave our sin carries us on, through life, so that light may
shine out of darkness.
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October 22, 2018 A New Heart
In
December 1967, a team of doctors led by Christiaan Barnard of South
Africa performed the world’s first human heart transplant. The news
electrified people around the globe. Since then, countless lives have
been saved by heart-transplant operations.
When
the Bible talks about a person’s heart, though, it is usually not
referring to the organ that pumps blood through the body. For
thousands of years the heart has been a symbol of what we call our
soul, the center of our being, the seat of our thoughts and emotions,
what makes us “us.”
Still
today, in everyday conversation, if someone is merciless, we may say
they are “stony-hearted” or “hard-hearted.” So we know what
God was saying when he promised his people, through the prophet
Ezekiel, “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you;
I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of
flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you.”
This
is the new birth Jesus spoke about when he said, “No one can see
the kingdom of God unless they are born again” (John 3:3). We
receive new birth, new life, through the Spirit of God. Previously
our stony hearts were dead toward God, but when his Spirit fills
us with new life, we are revived and given a new heart of love for
God and all people.
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October 21, 2018 Love the Lord, Listen to His Voice
As
Moses prepared God’s people to enter the promised land after more
than forty years in the desert, he challenged them to follow God and
choose life. “I command you today,” he said, “to love the Lord
your God, to walk in obedience to him . . . then you will
live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you.” Further,
Moses said, “Listen to his voice, and hold fast to him.”
The
instructions seemed simple enough, and yet the people struggled
constantly with sin and disobedience. With rebellious attitudes and
actions they broke their promises to God generation after generation.
But
throughout all that time God remained faithful. The people couldn’t
hold on to him, but God held on to them. And eventually he sent his
own Son to become one of them, a child of Israel, a son of Abraham.
He would live without sin, and he would shepherd the people to live
by God’s Word.
When
Jesus came, he taught and healed people, and he showed that he is the
faithful shepherd for all who will listen. “My sheep listen to my
voice,” he said. “I give them eternal life, and they shall never
perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand” (John 10:27-28).
Do
you hear his voice? Listen to him. He loves you and will never let
you go.
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October 20, 2018 Wheat, Weeds, and a Mustard Seed
We
know that the world we live in has many good things and amazing
blessings, but there is also hardship and brokenness. Ever since our
first parents fell into sin (Genesis 3), there has been toil and
trouble amid all the good things God provides us in life.
We
can find and cultivate all kinds of good food, but we have to work
hard for it. We can enjoy good health, but we can also get sick—and
even die. Nature can be breathtakingly beautiful, but it can also be
viciously cruel.
In
his parable about the wheat and the weeds, Jesus points out the
corruption and brokenness of life in this world. And because there is
still much good amid the damaging effects of sin and evil, he is
willing to wait for the time of harvest. At that time the judgment
will come, and the weeds, representing wicked people and all their
evil works and systems, will be cast out (see Matthew 13:36-43).
In
the meantime, though, the kingdom of God will grow in surprising
ways, like the huge plant that grows from a tiny mustard seed. At
first it may not even be noticeable. But as it takes root and grows,
the good seed of the kingdom spreads far and high and deep and wide,
providing comfort and support and rest and peace, even amid the
troubles of everyday life.
Have
you found the peace and rest of the kingdom of God, and will you help
others find it too?
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October 19, 2018 Lost and Found
In
one of my earliest memories, I remember being a frightened little boy
sitting in a police car. With the two-way radio crackling and the
roof-light flashing, we drew up to police headquarters near a
sprawling park in Queens, New York City. I had wandered from my
family’s picnic on one of the park’s long paths through the
woods. Mom and Dad had searched for me frantically, imagining the
dangers to their child in a city of 8 million strangers. My heart
leaped: there they were! Hugs and kisses and endearing words
followed, and effusive thanks to the officer, and immense relief.
Jesus
told a story about a wandering, lost son. The heart-wrenching agony
of the father in that story would have been greater even than my
parents endured when I was lost as a child. The son in Jesus’ story
was full-grown, and by asking for his share of the inheritance, he
was telling his dad that he wished he were dead. The father could
have gotten angry and disowned the son, but instead, with compassion
like that of God the Father, he kept the door open and waited for his
son to return to his senses.
Could
there be anything more powerful than God’s love for us? The gospel
is not just some philosophical exercise but a heart-wrenching,
real-life drama that brings us to tears of gratitude. It moves us to
turn back and follow Jesus, to live as our loving Father calls us to.
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October 18, 2018 The Body
The
apostle Paul tells the church at Rome, “In Christ, we, though many,
form one body” (Romans 12:5). And to the Corinthians he says, “You
are the body of Christ.” When we are saved in Jesus Christ, we
become part of the church, and each of us is a valuable member of the
body of Christ.
The
idea of being a member of the body is different from that of being a
member of a club or some other organization. You are a part of a
living body, like an eye, an ear, or a hand.
“To
each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common
good.” We are a part of the church so that, in a way that is unique
to our God-given abilities, we may contribute to the body’s health,
vigor, and growth.
In
the early church, it seems, there were two extremes. Some people
said, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body.” And
others said, “I am an eye, but you are a hand; I don’t need you!”
Some
people think of the church as a stuffy, boring club. But we are all
saved to be a part of something larger than just our lonesome selves.
Together, in the body of Christ, we can do greater things to
encourage each other in the faith and bring Christ’s love and peace
to a broken world. Discover your gifts, and use them in service to
Christ, the head of the church.
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October 17, 2018 Priestly Garments
Israel’s
high priest was to wear special garments glittering with engraved
precious stones. These garments gave Aaron dignity and honor,
pointing to Jesus, our ultimate High Priest.
The
breastpiece included 12 precious stones, each engraved with the name
of one of the 12 tribes of Israel. The instructions for using the
garments say, “Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he will bear
the names of the sons of Israel over his heart . . . as a
continuing memorial before the Lord.”
The
variety of hues and colors in the stones representing the whole
people of God helps us recognize the diversity of all peoples who are
now part of God’s family in Christ. We are all precious in his
sight.
In
Isaiah 54:11-13 God speaks of the redeemed this way: “Afflicted
city . . . I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,
your foundations with lapis lazuli. I will make your battlements of
rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of
precious stones. All your children will be taught by the Lord, and
great will be their peace.” And in a vision of heaven in Revelation
7:9 we see a multitude “from every nation, tribe, people, and
language, standing before the throne [of God] and before the Lamb.”
Will
you be there too? God wants his people from all nations to live with
him in peace and abundance forever!
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October 16, 2018 The Ark of the Covenant
To
learn about the ark of the covenant, we need to look to the authority
of the Bible. We won’t find the right information in movies like
Indiana
Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, or in other stories
or legends.
Some
translations of the Bible call the ark a “chest” so that young
readers won’t confuse it with Noah’s ark, which was huge (Genesis
6:15). Others call the cover “the mercy seat” because God is
described as enthroned there between the cherubim (angels; see
1 Samuel 4:4). Other translations call it “the atonement
cover.” And once a year the high priest would enter the Most Holy
Place and sprinkle blood on the cover of the ark to make atonement
for the people’s sin.
Forgiveness
and mercy were central to God’s relationship with his people. And
to this day Jews celebrate the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), as one
of their most holy days.
In
the ark were the Ten Commandments of God’s law. The law shows
us how to honor God with our lives, but we always fall short. So we
need atonement and forgiveness. When Jesus, our ultimate High Priest,
shed his blood for us, he made the ultimate atonement, fulfilling the
requirements of the law “once for all” (Hebrews 10:10). God is
indeed forgiving and merciful.
Have
you experienced God’s holiness and mercy in your life?
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October 15, 2018 The Passover
The
scenes in our reading for today are quite graphic, and they may be
shocking if you haven’t encountered them before. By painting the
blood of a lamb on the doorposts of their houses, the enslaved people
of Israel were spared from a plague of death. Seeing the blood on
their doorways, the Lord passed over them. But the plague took the
lives of all the Egyptians’ firstborn sons. There was wailing
throughout Egypt because the hard-hearted Pharaoh would not listen to
God’s plea through Moses: “Let my people go!”
The
Jewish Feast of Passover has been celebrated every year since that
day long ago. And it’s no coincidence that Jesus’ last supper
with his disciples was during the Passover feast. He said to them, “I
have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in
the kingdom of God” (Luke 22:15-16).
At
that supper, Jesus showed his disciples that the bread and wine of
the meal symbolized his body and blood, given and poured out for
them. And on the next day he gave up his life to be sacrificed as
“the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world” (John
1:29). As the ultimate Passover Lamb, Jesus freed us from being
slaves to sin (John 8:34). Because he took on the punishment for our
sin, the judgment for sin has passed over us. Believing in him, we
have new life to live with joy and trust in the Lord forever!
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October 14, 2018 A Bronze Snake on a Pole
A
snake on a pole may seem a strange image to represent healing and
blessing from God. But in the context of the story in Numbers 21,
that’s what happened. God made it so. And the people learned, as
they often had done before, that they needed to trust in God.
We
might not be surprised that the people grumbled against God and Moses
in the desert. All around them was a trackless, howling wilderness,
with searing heat and blinding sandstorms. Ahead of them were
powerful enemies, barricaded in high, walled cities.
But
God had solved all of their crises before: bringing them through the
Red Sea, giving them manna (bread), quail (meat), and water each day.
With such a firm foundation for faith, was there any reason for the
people not to trust God with their future?
The
same question can apply today for God’s people who might grumble
against him. And we have a lot more of God’s faithfulness in
history to remind us of his care. We also have the good news of
salvation through Jesus, who was lifted up on a cross for our sake.
He took on himself all the punishment for sin and rebellion that was
rightly ours to bear. Jesus even explained that the snake on a pole
in Moses’ day pointed to his saving work on the cross. So everyone
who looks to him and believes may now have eternal life.
Do
you trust him?
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