Early Morning Prayers Daily Devotions

FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023

TEXT: John 7:10-24

10. But after his brothers had gone to the festival, then he also went, not publicly but as it were in secret.

11. The Jews were looking for him at the festival and saying, “Where is he?”

12. And there was considerable complaining about him among the crowds. While some were saying, “He is a good man,” others were saying, “No, he is deceiving the crowd.”

13. Yet no one would speak openly about him fear of the Jews.

14. About the middle of the festival Jesus went up into the temple and began to teach.

15. The Jews were astonished at it, saying, “How does this man have such learning, when he has never been taught?”

16. Then Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine but his who sent me.”

17. Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.

18. Those who speak on their own seek their own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and there is nothing false in him.

19. “Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why are you looking for an opportunity to kill me?”

20. The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who is trying to kill you?”

21. Jesus answered them, “I performed one work, and all of you are astonished.

22. Moses gave you circumcision (it is, of course, not from Moses, but from the patriarchs), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

23. If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath in order that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I healed a man’s whole body on the Sabbath?

24. Do not judge by appearance, but judge with right judgment.”

(New Revised Standard Version Holy Bible)

TOPIC: DOING THE WILL OF GOD

Are you born again? Do you love the Lord? Are you ready to do His will? As a Christian, you should answer these questions in the affirmative.

Jesus came into the world to do the will of the Father who sent Him and not to pursue His own agenda. He was concerned about seeking the glory of the Father and doing His will.

Jesus has shown us the way. So, we must be ready and willing to do the will of the Father by making Him known to the people around us. Do not force your own ideas or beliefs on the people.

You are expected to let the will of the Lord prevail and not yours.

QUESTION: Whose will are you pursuing?

PRAYER: Help me, Oh Lord, to pursue Your own will and not mine. Amen.