“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.”
Do you ever get caught up in the rat race and end up thinking it’s all about you, and your welfare, and your comfort, and your convenience? If you do, you’re not alone. But Jesus has laid down His life for us because He thought more about us than His own ease. He has given the example. We are expected to follow it.
The Message Bible says: “This is how we’ve come to understand and experience love: Christ sacrificed his life for us. This is why we ought to live sacrificially for our fellow believers, and not just be out for ourselves.”
We ought to willingly lay down our lives, our ways, our choices, and our perks for the welfare of the brethren. God gave all that we have to us.
We ourselves have been bought with a price and we are not our own. Seeing that this is all true, is it not reasonable that the One who did this for us would get our complete cooperation in return? It boils down to this: it’s not about you.
Jesus loves me and laid His life down for me. I’ll do the same for others today.
- Reading Plan A: Colossians 2
- Reading Plan B: Psalms 112-114
- Reading Plan C: Isaiah 43-44; Colossians 2
by Tim Davidson
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Word of Faith Church & Outreach Center
Called to the Body of Christ as a pastor and teacher, Tim Davidson pioneered Word of Faith Church in Bismarck in 1980. He served as its Lead Pastor for 35 years and now serves as Founding Pastor. Pastor Tim has pioneered 6 churches in North Dakota and now serves as Regional Director for Rhema Ministerial Association International. Teaching believers foundational truths from God's Word is his passion.
He has authored 3 yearly devotion books that are used both here and overseas to help believers become "rooted and grounded" in their faith.
God is now calling Pastor Tim to share the treasury of wisdom and knowledge God has given to him with other pastors and churches.