Jesus came to earth to die in our place. Jesus knows the way we can please our Heavenly Father and He knows the way humans displease Him. What a great privilege to have someone in Heaven who is praying for us and who knows of the life God has called us to. Jesus tells us to live to please our Heavenly Father and He will take care of meeting all our needs.
Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. (Matthew 6:33 NLT)
God’s ways are different from our ways. While Jesus was walking with His disciples on a Sabbath day, they saw a man who was blind from birth. They thought the man was born blind because His parents had sinned, but Jesus explained that the reason for His blindness was so the works of God might be displayed. Jesus spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes and told him to wash it off in a nearby pool. When the man washed it off, he could see. This caused a commotion with the religious leaders. They didn’t care about the miracle performed. They were upset the man was healed on the Sabbath day.
If you had known who I am, then you would have known who my Father is. From now on you know him — and have seen him! Then Jesus told him, I have come into the world to give sight to those who are spiritually blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind. (John 14:7; 9:39 TLB)
So many things in the above story reflect the way humans who don’t know God think. That is why it is important to get acquainted with what Jesus says. We may want to change certain things in our lives if we could, but who knows, maybe those very things are meant to be used by God to display His amazing power. Others get to see that power at work when we share our experience, strength, and hope of how God has changed and healed us.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Help me, through prayer and meditation on Your Word, get to know Jesus more and thereby know You more. Help me look at life from the view that You have good plans for me and for those I meet along the way. Amen
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