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Day 5 - Matt Reeves

(Calvary Brisbane)

John Chapter 5

Title: The Good Life

Scripture: John 5:40
“But you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.”

Thought:
Towards the end of this chapter, Jesus is confronting the religious leaders, and to paraphrase what Jesus is saying - He confronts them for searching everywhere for true life, all the while refusing to come to Him, the source of life.

Jesus says later in the book of John, in John 10:10, that he has come “so that we may have life and have it in abundance.” Elsewhere in John’s gospel, Jesus says that He is “the way, the truth and the life”. John even opens his gospel in John 1:1 and 1:4 by saying, “In the beginning was the Word…in Him was life.”

Clearly, John was trying to emphasise a point for us—that a fulfilled, joyful, satisfied, true, and eternal life—the life God created us to live—is experienced through a relationship with Jesus and through Jesus alone.

Application:
Even though John makes this point so clearly in his gospel, we have to ask ourselves: “How often do I go searching for a sense of fulfilment in my life apart from Jesus?” We don’t want to be like the Pharisees who knew the Scriptures but missed the Saviour.

We all want to be able to say we are living “the good life,” but do we think this is found in other things like holidays, promotions, or relationships? Or do we truly believe that “the good life” is discovered and experienced as we grow in our relationship with Christ?

Prayer:
Lord, forgive me for searching for life in all the wrong places. Today, I direct my heart toward you as the source of true life. Thank you that in you, I have an abundance of life. Amen.