Nov 19, 2009

Not seeking glory for ourselves but for Him.

Praise the Lord brethren,I hope you are all doing fine since He is in control, day in day out. As I read John 8, I started flashing back and asking myself what I would do If I were there with Jesus when the Pharisees and scribes stormed him.Unfortunately I didn't zero down on what I would do.
Currently,we are discussing a book by Randy Alcorn "HEAVEN" and it has motivated me further in serving our Lord.If you haven't got your copy then get one.Now, I can not wait for that day when I will go home and sit besides Jesus
over a cup of Uganda coffee (hope its his favorite) and ask him how he felt during this particular time when these people under-looked him.
Verses 48 and 49 touched me in a way:

48
The Jews answered him, "Aren't we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and demon-possessed?"

49"I am not possessed by a demon," said Jesus, "but I honor my Father and you dishonor me. 50I am not seeking glory for myself; but there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge. 51I tell you the truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death."

In the two Verses I see Jesus being branded as demon possessed and he keeps his cool and goes further to explain to the Jews his mission . Many times I have come across people who I share the Word with and they say the exact thing "You are mad",Because I know who I serve and why I serve Him,I keep going. Today many people look at Christians as demon possessed people just because our love for God keeps developing everyday and we can not hide it and we should never hide whatever the case maybe.

These two verses do motivate me and give me the morale to go on with the mission of taking His Word further and further.They clearly show that Jesus went through the same hardships and he over came.

So,let us keep His Word and we will never see death.


1 comment:

andrew said...

No one has ever accused me of being possessed by a demon (that I know of). I wonder if that is because I am not enough like Jesus.

Lord, may I be more like you, irrespective of what others may think of me.