King
James Bible Daily Devotion – Learning
Scripture One Day At A Time
Date: Wednesday,
November 04, 2015
Chapters: John 6-7
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Message
Title: God
Will Catch You

Hello My Friend,

I love
rice, I make a meal out of it with meat and vegetables. Quite often
on Tuesday or Saturday I will make a large batch so I don't have to
cook on church days. It amazes me every time I cook it because just a
tiny bit makes enough to feed an army. Rice reminds me of how
plentiful God is, He never stops filling us with the things we need,
even when we get discouraged or lack in our faith, He still provides,
even if we backslide He's always there to catch us from falling. “O
love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the
faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. Be of good
courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the
LORD.” - Psalms 31:23,24.

“all
ye that hope in the LORD.” Believe it or not, God knows our
hearts, He knows those who truly have hope in Him, He also knows
those who pretend to believe, and are only trying to see what they
can get out of Him. As Jesus walks from town to town His gathers
became many, quite often they followed Him only because He did
something amazing wherever He went, including feeding five thousand
of them with two fish and five loaves of bread. Jesus needed to get
away for a while, so, He went up to a mountain to pray and sent the
disciples away. The next day, the people knowing that Jesus was not
with the disciples questioned how He got there, they got an answer
they did not expect.

“After these
things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of
Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his
miracles which he did on them that were diseased. Then those men,
when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a
truth that prophet that should come into the world. When Jesus
therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to
make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his
disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking
for Jesus. And when they had found him on the other side of the sea,
they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? Jesus answered
them and said, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye
did eat of the loaves, and were filled. Labour not for the meat which
perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life,
which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father
sealed.” - John 6:1.2.14,15,24-27.

“because
ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled” These people
were not believers, they just knew that He took care of His
believers, and they too would be fed. Did you ever wonder why God
places His people in the midst of those who are in the world? He does
it so that people learn of and believe in His Son. You may not
realize it, but a company or anything else that is managed or
employed by Christians is very prosperous, whether or not everyone
there is a Christian. Many will befriend or even hire Christians
because of this, but have no intentions of receiving Christ
themselves. Sooner or later, if God sees that His servant is no
longer effective in reaching anyone there, He will take His servant
away. “Let no man deceive himself. If any man
among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool,
that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with
God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are
vain. Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;”
-1 Corinthians 3:18-21.

“The Lord
knoweth the thoughts of the wise,” The wise, those who walk
by sight and not faith, those who take things as literal to their own
reasoning. The wise have a hard time believing that God is the
Creator of all things because they believe that you must see the
Creator. The Jews, these were probably Pharisees, question Jesus and
want to know what they have to do to get eternal life. He responds by
telling them that He is the bread of life.
“Then
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily,
I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my
Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is
he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which
came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of
Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he
saith, I came down from heaven? Jesus therefore answered and said
unto them, Murmur not among
yourselves. No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent
me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written
in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man
therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh
unto me. Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of
God, he hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that
believeth on me hath everlasting life. I am that bread of life.”
- John 6:32,33,41-48.

“Every
man therefore that hath heard” In order to come to the
Father we need the Son, those who hear this and believe are taught
the things of God, they feed off the only bread that can satisfy a
hungry soul. Everything about God is spiritual, that is why we must
worship Him in spirit, human reasoning can never comprehend the
amazing and incredible things of God, that is why we walk by faith
and not our reasoning. “But without faith it
is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe
that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek
him.” - Hebrews 11:6.

With Jesus in town you
could imagine the talking that was going around, Jesus secretly
watching them hears their conversations, but none of them wanted to
openly talk about Him for fear that they would be persecuted by the
Jews. “Then the Jews sought him at the feast,
and said, Where is he? And there was much murmuring among the people
concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay;
but he deceiveth the people. Howbeit no man spake openly of him for
fear of the Jews. Jesus answered them, and said, My
doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his
will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether
I speak of myself. He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory:
but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no
unrighteousness is in him. Did not Moses give you the law, and yet
none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?”
- John 7:11-13,16-19.

“If any
man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine”
God's Word was, is, and always will be the same, people can try to
change or justify the law themselves, but God will never change. He
will never get us to do something that will contradict His Word. If
you are saved and living in the will of God you will know if the
doctrine you hear is of God or man. We must not judge anyone by their
outward appearance, but by their faith and trust in the Lord Jesus
Christ according to the Word of God. “Moses
therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses,
but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man. If a
man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses
should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man
every whit whole on the sabbath day? Judge not according to the
appearance, but judge righteous judgment.” - John
7:22-24.

“Judge not according
to the appearance,” The majority of the time people
spout don't judge me when they are living sinful lives and trying to
justify their actions. This is not what Jesus means, we cannot judge
a person by the way they look, but we can judge them by their
actions. Are they doing the things of God? If you are saved and study
the Bible long enough you will be able to tell if someone is teaching
the things of God or of man. It is the Holy Spirit inside of every
saved, born again child of God that teaches us the things of God as
we get in His Word. Yes, some people have backslidden away from God,
and where they should be eating the meat of His Word, they must be
fed milk. The point to all this is that God never gives up on His
children, yes, He knows we have this flesh, He is going to let us do
what we want in it, but that does not mean He will not be chastised
for what we are doing. We are all a mess, if we have faith in God, He
will catch us when we fall, and keep us from going off the edge.
“There hath no temptation taken you but such
as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to
be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also
make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” - 1
Corinthians 10:13.

Today's
Prayer: Jesus, Thank You again for the sacrifice You made
for me, I do not have eternal life based on any thing that I have
done, but my faith and trust in what You have done. Lord, lead me and
guide me, help me to live not by man's word, but by Your Word, I know
it's the only way I can truly live in Your will and be satisfied.
While people may come and go in my life You will never leave nor
forsake me no matter how many times I mess up. Thank You for Your
grace, mercy and never ending love. In pray in Your name Jesus, Amen.


God Bless You, I am praying for you,

Christina

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