May 22
John 12:20-50
Jesus’ path to glory is very different from the strategy of the world. Our world tells us to pursue comfort, ease, happiness, and self-fulfillment, while Jesus models a path towards death and sacrifice. As we seek to follow Jesus, we will have to come to terms with whether we are willing to embrace his way of life. Jesus says that “unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” Jesus speaks to the fact that through his death, life would come to the world. In the same way, Jesus calls us to be willing to sacrifice, suffer, and potentially even die to make him known. This may mean going to a seemingly unsafe country, making time in our busy schedules to engage a neighbor, or learning to give generously, because God calls us to give up our own desires and fill them with God’s desires.
As we move toward the summer, you may have plans for trips and vacations, and there is nothing wrong with those in and of themselves. However, I would encourage you to also make intentional plans of service, evangelism, and sacrifice. God calls us to a life of service, because this is the life of Jesus. If we take Jesus seriously, then we will be willing to give up everything to follow him. He calls us out of darkness (sin, selfishness, lies) and into light (Christ, submission, sacrifice, God’s glory).
Father God, thank you that Jesus served me and the world through his death. Help me to follow him in the way I serve you and others. Help me not to seek to save my life, but lose my life for you. Amen.
How can you intentionally embark on a path of service and sacrifice?
Jesus’ path to glory is very different from the strategy of the world. Our world tells us to pursue comfort, ease, happiness, and self-fulfillment, while Jesus models a path towards death and sacrifice. As we seek to follow Jesus, we will have to come to terms with whether we are willing to embrace his way of life. Jesus says that “unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” Jesus speaks to the fact that through his death, life would come to the world. In the same way, Jesus calls us to be willing to sacrifice, suffer, and potentially even die to make him known. This may mean going to a seemingly unsafe country, making time in our busy schedules to engage a neighbor, or learning to give generously, because God calls us to give up our own desires and fill them with God’s desires.
As we move toward the summer, you may have plans for trips and vacations, and there is nothing wrong with those in and of themselves. However, I would encourage you to also make intentional plans of service, evangelism, and sacrifice. God calls us to a life of service, because this is the life of Jesus. If we take Jesus seriously, then we will be willing to give up everything to follow him. He calls us out of darkness (sin, selfishness, lies) and into light (Christ, submission, sacrifice, God’s glory).
Father God, thank you that Jesus served me and the world through his death. Help me to follow him in the way I serve you and others. Help me not to seek to save my life, but lose my life for you. Amen.
How can you intentionally embark on a path of service and sacrifice?
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