But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob,And He who formed you, O Israel:“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;I have called you by your name;You are Mine.2When you pass through the waters, ...  Read More

History is loaded with all manner of figures who have supposedly walked upon water. For just about all of them, the claims surround evidence of them being some deity figure. It is show their power or ...  Read More

This passage is a very interesting passage in the middle of the narrative that we are in. Between Jesus feeding the 5,000 and teaching on how He is the bread of life, we get this account of Jesus walk...  Read More

15 Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.16 Now when evening came, His disciples went d...  Read More

If you have been following the devotions over the past few days, you may have already asked this question, but I encourage you to, all the same, prayerfully meditate upon it.Am I truly satisfied in Je...  Read More

I hope you are okay with some vulnerability here. As I asked myself that question in yesterday's devotion, I really wanted to sit on that and pray. Having battled through some recent severe back pain,...  Read More

As I examine my life, there is a question I find I have answered far too quickly in times past without truly meditating upon the answer. "Am I truly satisfied in Jesus?" I think a lot of us would hurr...  Read More

God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through who...  Read More

I made a very specific note about something that was mentioned in this section in yesterdays devotion. I noted that it was highlighted how Jesus went up on top of a mountain and that the time was draw...  Read More

The whole of chapter 6 brings us into a strong discourse concerning the evidence of Jesus being the Messiah. The section we are currently covering highlights a means in which Jesus is greater than Mos...  Read More

After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 2 Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were diseased.  3...  Read More

If you answered honestly that you are not fully convinced then I encourage you to pray that the Lord would reveal Himself to you. Pray for strength to put your full trust in the Lord and that your fai...  Read More

8Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!-Psalm 34:8We are invited to participate with the Lord in belief. One of the things that astounds me is that Jesus promise...  Read More

There is a very strong call to action found in this passage, but you have to look for it a little bit.24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlas...  Read More

Jesus spells out this lesson very clearly in the text. The Son is not operating on His authority. He is operating on the authority of the Father. We have all heard the saying that goes, "The apple doe...  Read More

Whenever we have sections that are divided up in the center of the narrative, we must look back to that immediate context. As we have looked at this passage, we see the reality that Jesus is simply do...  Read More

Directly following the last account we went through, Jesus responds to the angry Jewish leaders who are accusing Jesus of breaking the Sabbath. What we ultimately see is a clashing on different unders...  Read More

17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”18 Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said ...  Read More

Do you believe that Jesus is truly supreme? Is He truly Lord over your life? Have your surrendered both victory and failure to Him? These are things that we ought to pray through. Seeing the supremacy...  Read More

There have been moments in my life where I have ineffectively ministered to people because I simply took the populous understanding on certain matters. I did not have an understanding or depth of insi...  Read More

As a pastor, I often read a lot of people's takes on different theological issues and the sort. It can be quite easy to get caught up in the weeds of theology and be largely informed by the popular co...  Read More

The primary lesson given here to the original audience is in regard to the supremacy of Jesus. Not only did Jesus accomplish in this man's life what he had been searching after for a considerable amou...  Read More

Throughout these devotions, we have spent a lot of time drawing connections to water in various capacities and how Jesus exceeds and even replaces those things. His baptism was better than John's. The...  Read More

The account for this week follows a continued thematic narrative of how Jesus is truly better. To begin, Jesus is back in Jerusalem for one of the feasts. Which one is not specified. The narrative zer...  Read More