Daily Devotional
Everything That God Is, Jesus Is
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
John 1:1
December 6, 2020
Ponder This
The apostle John had lived and walked with Jesus for three years. He had seen Jesus in all kinds of situations. Years have passed. Now Jesus has gone back to Heaven, and John, an aged man, writes these words. As a Jew, John would have an ingrained resistance to any kind of idolatry. Yet he said of the Lord Jesus Christ that He is fully God and calls Him “the Word.”
What is a word? A word is an expression of an invisible thought. You can’t hear my thoughts, but you can hear my words; therefore, you know my thoughts. You can’t see my thoughts. My thoughts are invisible. But my words make the invisible known to you.
Everything God is, Jesus is. Everything God has, Jesus has. Everything God does, Jesus does. Jesus is God, fully God. He is not part-God and part-man. He’s not all God and no man. He’s not all man and no God. He is the God-man. Jesus makes the invisible God known to man. He is the very Word of God. He is God’s Word to this human race. He is God in human flesh.
Practice This
There has never ever been another like the Lord Jesus Christ with a supernatural nature. Read John 1:1-18 today. Have you acknowledged Jesus as the One and Only?
FOR YOUR GIFT TO THE MINISTRY
Front Porch Moments by Gayle Foster
WITH KEY INSIGHTS FROM HER FATHER, ADRIAN ROGERS
I try to unplug each morning with Jesus with just my rocking chair, my Bible, and a pen.
Having a secret place is very important because I know that Jesus is always there waiting for me. I know where I can find Him! His presence is everywhere, but there are places where it is so thick you can cut it with a knife. You may not even have a front porch, but there is a secret place for you as well. God’s invitations are for anyone who will respond. There is no more important request than the one found in Psalm 27:8: “My heart has heard You say, ‘Come and talk with Me.’ And my heart responds, ‘Lord, I am coming.’”
