Our devotions this Lenten season have been written by members of Faith Lutheran Church. Today’s devotion is by Hal Talbott. Also, if you would like to join our staff in praying the liturgy for Responsive Prayer/Suffrages just click here.
Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I am going. Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him. John 14:1-7
I just got word that a friend passed away very unexpectedly. He was only 52 years old.
However, as I read the Bible verse above, I see that age doesn’t make any difference. When God has our house ready he comes for us, regardless of age or anything else. So as we have been told many times, we need to lead our lives in such a manner that we are ready at any time he calls.
We may think we don’t know the way for us to get to know the Father. So as I interpret the above Bible verse, we can all get to Heaven to be with the Lord by living the truth from our hearts, not just “being a good person,” which can be very superficial. Even though we may feel that we don’t know the way, God will find us when he is ready for us. Not our time but his.
Let us pray: Gracious God, please walk with each of us throughout this day and every day. Show us the way you would have us travel and do the things that you would have us do, in Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
Daily Devotions 
February 18, 2013 at 7:11 pm |
God goes and prepares a place right here and right now, as well. We serve a God who gives us eternal life, that begins here on earth and ends in heaven.
As has been said, “I am just a minnow swimming in the ocean of God’s grace.”
February 18, 2013 at 7:58 pm |
Thank you so much for your devotions today. It answered exactly what I was questioning my self this morning.
March 17, 2013 at 9:24 pm |
The dftinieion “secular” is not my dftinieion. It’s the dftinieion of a culture that still considers faith in a god to be the default, and therefore needs to tag asOther” anything that deviates from that default. And since we’re living in a Jewish state, that default defaults (::snort::) to Judaism.I am an atheist. I am only “secular” in the same way that gay people are “sick” to homophobes. Your question is like the one of the aforementioned homophobes asking a gay person “why are you sick.”
March 18, 2013 at 6:59 am |
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February 18, 2013 at 8:01 pm |
Thank you so much for your devotions today. It answered exactly what I was questioning my self this morning.
February 19, 2013 at 5:33 pm |
Wonderful post. Thanks