John 8:21-30
Jesus said to the Pharisees: "I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come." So the Jews said, "He is not going to kill himself, is he, because he said, 'Where I am going you cannot come'?" He said to them, "You belong to what is below, I belong to what is above. You belong to this world, but I do not belong to this world. That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins." So they said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "What I told you from the beginning. I have much to say about you in condemnation. But the one who sent me is true, and what I heard from him I tell the world." They did not realize that he was speaking to them of the Father. So Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own, but I say only what the Father taught me. The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him." Because he spoke this way, many came to believe in him.
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for faithfulness in your Lenten sacrifice.
"I always do what is pleasing to Him."
Jesus revealed The Father's will to those who were seeking. The Father's will for Jesus had Him sacrificing Himself on the cross. The Father's will sought that we would sacrifice ourselves so that we may not die in our sins. The Father's will sacrificed His Beloved Son so that we, in our blindness, may see.
As we continue on this Lenten journey, let us pray that we grow in obedience to The Father's will. When the sacrifice of obedience gets too hard for us, let us look toward The Cross and trust in Our Father's faithfulness to us. Take care and God Bless.
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