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Devotional - 16th Apr 2021

 'For I came down from heaven, not to do mine  own will, but the will of him who sent me' (John
6:38).

Jesus who is God, came down from heaven to do the will of his Father, who sent him. His will and the will of the Father are always in alignment. As believers and followers of Christ, shouldn't we seek to do the will of God and not our own? To ask God to align our will with His will? Throughout His ministry, Jesus taught the people that he had been sent from God to carry out His will and that He was the promised Messiah, who came to fulfil the Scriptures. He was a loving and compassionate Saviour and taught the people what it means to love God and one another. He  healed the sick and broken hearted, raised the dead, cast out demons, provided for their physical needs and attended to their spiritual needs. Jesus is able to mend our brokenness and release us from the bondage of sin. He alone can bring us inner peace and joy to our weeping hearts. He came to give us abundance of life, joy in our sorrows, strength when we are weak and to lift us up when we are disheartened. He supplies physical and spiritual food to those who are hungry and thirsty. He came to die for us, to reconcile us back to God, to sever our relationship with the Father, to breathe life in our wretched hearts and to give us eternal life. He is saying to all peoples of the earth, "For I came down from heaven, not to do mine will but the will of him who sent me." Some of whom He taught, wasn't interested in the spiritual food He offered, but more of the material things of life. They refuse to believe He was sent from God and missed the important lesson that he sought to teach them. We have the Scriptures that testify of Jesus and what he has done for us. Let us not make the same mistakes and miss out on eternal life with Jesus. We who believe by faith that Jesus the incarnate Son of God came down from heaven to do the will of his Father to save us, will have an everlasting supply of spiritual food. Let us learn the lessons Jesus is teaching us through the Word of God and by the leading of the Holy Spirit, that we might find joy in the salvation of our Lord, as we anticipate having eternity with him.

Have a wonderful day and a blessed weekend 🌹🌹
EC

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