The resources God has given us to live a thriving life are His Word, Spirit, and People.
Read God’s Word:
Psalm 106, John 1:4-14
Act 3: God’s New Covenant People
Scene 1: Christ’s Coming; God’s True King Arrives
Background Information: Psalm 106, John 1:4-14
In calling Jesus the Word (Logos), John was using contemporary language that both his Jewish and his Gentile readers would understand. In the Old Testament, God’s Word was the personification of his power to act. By God’s Word he brought about his will. For the Greeks, Logos connected the spiritual and the material world. Jesus, however, was not just with God in the beginning, he was God. He is not merely a connector of worlds, he is the world’s creator. This is mind blowing stuff indeed, but John’s purpose, stated later in his book, is not to blow minds but to bring men and women to belief in Christ and new life in him. (John 20:31). After being introduced to the cosmic pre-existing Word made flesh, we are introduced to a very earthy man named John the Baptist, not John the writer of this gospel. We are assured that John is not himself any more than just a man in his human nature, but that he has been given a calling that transcends all earthly callings. He was to be a witness to the fact that Jesus is the long-promised Messiah who had come to dwell among and save his people. The word vocation originally meant calling. Long ago it was applied to a call to serve in a full-time job in the church. Now it simply means whatever you do for a living. In a sense, all Christians should see their jobs as callings, true vocations. However, what God has called Christians to is a calling above all other callings. Your vocation as a mother, father, engineer, teacher, etc. is a platform for honoring God and loving others, but your call to bear witness to Jesus should be the very engine that drives all aspects of your life. This calling, above all other callings, very often falls farther and farther down our list of priorities as the tyranny of the temporary takes priority over the importance of the eternal.
Pray:
Praise God for…
Thank God for…
Confess your sins to God
Ask God to reveal himself to refugees living in Wichita. Pray for those ministering to refugees and ask God to give those ministering opportunities to share gospel hope.
Ask God for… (what else concerns you?)
Reflect:
Write down one passage of scripture that stood out to you today.
Write down why this passage stood out to you.
Engage Community:
Text or call someone now and tell them…
– What you are praying for.
– What stood out from God’s word today.