22 MAR 23 Wednesday: A Closer Walk Devotional
“However, those the Father has given me will come to me and I will never reject them. For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will. And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day.” John 6:37-40
Whenever you are in doubt of your salvation, you can look to a variety of verses that tell you that you are secure in Christ. I point to the word because knowing your status with God is not based on a feeling or an experience. It is the truth of what God himself says since salvation totally belongs to him. We can go through life and feel like we are far from God, but in reality we are close.
We could also feel like we are right with God because we have had some experience, said a prayer, and then not be a child of God at all. God has given Jesus people, marked to be his own forever. Those that come, come because they are drawn to Jesus. This hunger and thirst, as it is described, are spiritual pangs birthed by the Holy Spirit. (Born Again) Those that have these pangs will be satisfied and will find Jesus. Hearing the gospel is the means, like being plugged into the power grid for this person.
Jesus says that he will not unplug you or reject you. No one will take you from the palm of his hand or the Father’s hand. You are eternally secure when God seeks you, regenerates you, gives you faith, sends gospel sharers, and connects you to himself by the power of the Holy Spirit. Who can break that bond? No one. You can’t unhook yourself either!
Are you being drawn to Jesus or found satisfaction in knowing him?
Reading Plan: Psalm 101, 109:1-4, 20-30; Jer. 18:1-11; Rom. 8:1-11; John 6:27-40
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