BEING
WITH THE HEAVENLY FATHER -
DEVOTIONS
FOR LAMBS.
My fish in the pond get
so much water that they nearly float out of their home!
I wish sometimes I could
talk to them and say “it’s OK, we will look after you!
We won’t let you float
out onto the grass.”
My friend laughs when
I say that,
“
You would have to talk fish language,
if
you were going to make a fish understand you. You wouldn’t have a chance!”
I can’t become a fish
on days when it floods.
I would like to, so I
could help them to be calm.
I would like to talk
to them and say, “It will be alright!”
Do
you know that is why Jesus became a man?
He
wanted to be with us in our trouble,
and
help us understand what God wants us to know.
Jesus
was God Himself,
but
He came to the earth as a little baby at Bethlehem.
The
Lord cared so much about people on earth that He became one with them.
He
cared so much that He took our place on the Cross, so we could live forever.
He
cared so much that He didn’t stay in Heaven, just looking on.
He
was God, so he could do something wonderful about the hurts we face on
earth.
God
came as a man to our earth!
That
God-man was the Lord Jesus Christ.
“In
the beginning was the Word (Jesus Christ),
and
the Word (Jesus Christ) was
with God,
and
the Word (Jesus Christ) was
God.” (John 11).
EXTRAS FOR TEENS AND BETWEENS
In the days when Jesus
was walking as a man on earth most people did not know who He was. The
last part of His ministry on earth was filled with suffering for Him.
Silly
and wicked people jeered at Him, they spat at Him and finally killed Him!
Did
Jesus fail then in His purpose of coming to earth?
No,
for He communicated the greatest message to we ‘fish’ in our pond that
has ever been given. He showed us the great
love of God, Who gave His Son to even die for the sin of the evil world.
After His death and resurrection
Christianity blossomed throughout the entire earth. People saw that
Jesus must have been God and He must have risen from the dead,
for his disciples would
hardly have risked their lives for a hoax! Those early Christians gladly
gave their lives for their Lord, to tell others that He was the Saviour
of the world.
Do
unsaved kids jeer at you if you say you are a follower of Jesus Christ?
Do
they laugh if you say you read the Bible?
That
can’t be helped, you know.
Believers
in Christ have always suffered ridicule and much worse from those who will
not repent and turn to the Saviour.
What
do you do?
*
You pray for them, and ask God to work in their hearts,
so
that they too can find life in Jesus Christ.
*
And you let Jesus be strong in you,
so
that you will not let Him down by being a coward!
“l
can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” (Philippians
413).
“And
the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,
shall
keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Philippians
47).
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