What I Want You To Know

Question to think about: What message do you give through your words and actions?
The family came.
They gathered around the bed.
The background noise of the Intensive Care Unit intermixed with the end of life discussion.
Powerful words were issued:
"What I want you to know . . . "
The words gave reason to pause and pay attention.

Christ, God with us, came to show and tell what humanity was to know about life; however, the religious rulers refused to pause and pay attention.

The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why did you not bring Him?"
The officers answered, "Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks." The Pharisees then answered them, "You have not also been led astray, have you?
"No one of the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? "But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed."
(John 7:45-49, NASB)

God is present . . . revealing what we are to know . . . and in turn we have the opportunity to tell others:
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you." (Deuteronomy 31:6, NASB)

Seek God first.
Receive and tell the Message . . . what everyone needs to know:
Be strong.
Be courageous.
Do not be afraid.
God will go with you.
God will never leave you.
God will not forsake you.
Learning with you to live out the message of what is to be known,
Kerrie
(All devotions written by Kerrie Palmer ©2009 All Rights Reserved)