Jan 14

I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

—John 10:14

Unless God is revealed to us through personal experience, we can never really know God. Most of us know about God, but that is quite different from knowing God. We learn about God through the agencies of the church, the Sunday school, the youth activities, the worship services. Many people stop in their quest for God at this point. It is one thing to be introduced to a person, but quite another thing to know him personally.

Recent Devotions

• This is the altar
• Who are you?
• Remember, it is the Lord’s Table | January 20
• The Lord thy God
• Our relationship to God

January 13
“Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the
Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward” (1 Sam. 16:13).
Like David each of us has been born into an earthly family; but have you ever realised that
God wants you to be a heavenly King? Did you ever dream that your God and Creator had
such a lofty purpose for you? Just read the Word of God, and see how much God loves and
has planned for you. Then you will surely have a happy day.
Yet when you become conscious of the Spirit of God being poured upon you as a sign that
you are His forever, it is only a beginning. Even though the joy of new birth is so wonderful,
it is only a beginning. When you receive the gift of salvation, and the seal of the Holy Spirit,
you will begin to know the real purpose of God in calling you and loving you and saving you.
This is the beginning of joy to know that God has called and chosen. The joy of victory over
evil is a great joy, but your God has a much greater joy yet for you.

Recent Devotions

• This is the altar
• Who are you?
• Remember, it is the Lord’s Table | January 20
• The Lord thy God
• Our relationship to God

“And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me” (John 12:32).
Here the Lord speaks of His death and His victory over death. “Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground
and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit” (John 12:34). Now this is a simple and
wonderful truth, which does not require any education or Bible knowledge to understand. All of us have
seen the grain of wheat dying and bringing forth much fruit. One grain of wheat with good soil and water
can produce about 5000 grains. Again if you sow these grains the next year and go on sowing what is
produced for five years, you will have a whole long goods train full of grain. The Lord Jesus Christ is that
grain of wheat. He died to bring many sons into His heavenly glory, and to fill the whole heaven with those
sons. All that power was realized for you and for me, when He died and was buried, and rose again.
If a grain of wheat has so much power in it, how much more the Creator, the Lord Jesus Christ. No man
could touch Him. When they came to Him in the Garden of Gethsemane (John 18:4,6,7), our Lord said
“Whom seek ye?” They replied, “Jesus of Nazareth”. And He said, “I am he.” As soon as they heard that,
they went backward and fell down. They were afraid to touch Him. He gave Himself up, that we may be
more than conquerors. He did not die as a martyr. He gave Himself up to bring into us the highest power
in the whole universe and that power is now being offered to you. Has that power come into you? Does
it work in you? Are you being raised higher and higher with the same power every day? Do you find
yourself rejoicing in suffering, persecutions, trials and poverty? Weeping Christians have no right to be
called Christians. God’s Word says: “…if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his” (Roman.
8:9). Again, “whosoever believeth in him… have everlasting life” (John 3:16). God has promised these
sevenfold tribulations, temptations, trials, famines, sword, suffering and persecution, to show in us His
power and victory that while others start crying and weeping, we can be more than conquerors.

Recent Devotions

• This is the altar
• Who are you?
• Remember, it is the Lord’s Table | January 20
• The Lord thy God
• Our relationship to God

Jan 13

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

—Psalm 39:7

The sea was beating against the rocks in huge, dashing waves. The lightning was flashing, the thunder was roaring, the wind was blowing; but the little bird was asleep in the crevice of the rock, its head serenely under its wing, sound asleep. That is peace—to be able to sleep in the storm! In Christ, we are relaxed and at peace in the midst of the confusion, bewilderments, and perplexities of life. The storm rages, but our hearts are at rest. We have found peace—at last!