Daily Bread November 4, 2009
John 18:37
Scripture: 37 Pilate asked him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”
Observation: I notice that Jesus corrects the question that Pilate is asking. Pilate wants to know if Jesus is a King. Jesus then states the purpose that he came into the world. Jesus came “to testify to the truth.” Jesus came bearing witness to the truth. The interesting part of the testimony is that Jesus was not only witness to the truth He was and is the truth.
Application: Where is it that I get my example on a daily basis for how I live? Do my ways come from the world or for God? Jesus is the pure truth, how often do I look to His example in scripture as apposed to looking for my example from my own learned ways. Sadly all too often I learn from the world not the word.
Prayer: Jesus teach me and strength me to follow you and your witness in the world. Allow me to see the truth through you. Enable me to live in your ways, even when the world’s ways seem to be so expedient.
