Wed the 19th

John 17: ¹⁵My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. ¹⁶They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. ¹⁷Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. ¹⁸As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.

 

 

We are meant to be here. We have a life to live, and a path to follow. Christ understood that. He loves everyone of us. Yet He did not pray for His Father to take us. He prayed that we would be protected form the evil one. Why not just pray for us to be taken with Him, right then and there? Verse 18 answers that, we are sent into the world, to do the work of God, just as Christ was sent here to start the work of God. Let me say that again, we are here as ambassadors of the Lord, we wear His signet ring. Christ does not call us servants, He calls us friends, He calls us brothers, and sisters. We are here to carry on the family business. I know…..I think the same thing sometimes….I can’t, I am not worthy, I am not strong enough, or smart enough, or I have made too many mistakes. But Christ reminds us in verse 16 we are not of this world. We adhere to a different code. The law saves from sin, but we strive for sanctification. What sanctifies us? The truth, and what is the truth? The word of God. SO how are we sanctified? By living a life in God’s word. Immerse yourself in the truth, and you will see that  your past does not matter, nor does your strength, your intelligence, or the value that this world places on you. The TRUTH will set you free, allow it to sanctify you, and live with the strength, intelligence, and worth that God almighty gives you through His Son Jesus Christ. We each are a key player on this stage of life, no one is here just to get by. We are given protection for God above, we have a calling from Christ himself, we have the direction of the Holy Spirit, and the unstoppable force of the Holy Trinity combined. Will you seek out your calling today? Will you allow the truth of God to sanctify you today, and each day here after? Will you recognize the simple yet sometimes incomprehensible truth that you are no longer of this world? You are sanctified by the truth, and that truth will take you to the life that you have been called to, not the one that the world would lead you to. Live the truth today.

 

 

God Bless,

Brian Thetford

The New Covenant Church

www.thenewcovenantchurch.com

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