What's More Important?
Scripture – John 4:43-49: After the two days he left for Galilee. (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.) When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, for they also had been there. Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death. “Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonders,” Jesus told him, “you will never believe.” The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”
Observation – (Write down what you see in the scripture.) When Jesus gets back to the area in which He grew up, people are glad to see Him. They had seen the miracles He performed in Jerusalem and they were excited about that. At the same time, how excited would they be to hear of the great miracle that happened in Samaria? We don’t know how many people there came to know Jesus as the Christ. Their lives had been changed and were changing because of that. It was far more significant than turning water into wine. Yet how often do I “ho-hum” it when I hear of people coming to Christ in a foreign country or even in one of our Detroit area suburbs – let alone in the inner city? After all, I have a service to prepare for Sunday and meetings for which I need to plan and.....all kinds of other things to do. The saving of human souls – even of those I don’t know or might not like – is the greatest miracle and work Christ does today. How am I part of that? How do I get in the way of it?
Application – (Write how you will be different today because of what you have just read.) As I work in the office today, I will be aware of people who don’t know Christ. I will question everything I do there as to it’s value for them.
Prayer – (Write out a brief prayer.) Lord, forgive me for getting excited over some of the trivial things in the church rather than the important work you’re doing and have for me (us) to do! Continue to show me your way today.
An Invitation – If you’re interested in a face to face discussion about what we’ve discovered in the Mini-Journal this week, join us at Tim Hortons (Dix and Northline in Southgate) this Sunday morning, 9:45 – 10:30am.
Observation – (Write down what you see in the scripture.) When Jesus gets back to the area in which He grew up, people are glad to see Him. They had seen the miracles He performed in Jerusalem and they were excited about that. At the same time, how excited would they be to hear of the great miracle that happened in Samaria? We don’t know how many people there came to know Jesus as the Christ. Their lives had been changed and were changing because of that. It was far more significant than turning water into wine. Yet how often do I “ho-hum” it when I hear of people coming to Christ in a foreign country or even in one of our Detroit area suburbs – let alone in the inner city? After all, I have a service to prepare for Sunday and meetings for which I need to plan and.....all kinds of other things to do. The saving of human souls – even of those I don’t know or might not like – is the greatest miracle and work Christ does today. How am I part of that? How do I get in the way of it?
Application – (Write how you will be different today because of what you have just read.) As I work in the office today, I will be aware of people who don’t know Christ. I will question everything I do there as to it’s value for them.
Prayer – (Write out a brief prayer.) Lord, forgive me for getting excited over some of the trivial things in the church rather than the important work you’re doing and have for me (us) to do! Continue to show me your way today.
An Invitation – If you’re interested in a face to face discussion about what we’ve discovered in the Mini-Journal this week, join us at Tim Hortons (Dix and Northline in Southgate) this Sunday morning, 9:45 – 10:30am.
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