Be Convinced About God

Be Convinced about God

Deuteronomy 8:1 – “Be careful to observe every command that I’m instructing you today, in order that you may live, increase and enter and take possession of the land that the LORD promised by an oath to your ancestors. 2 – Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way these 40 years in the desert, to humble and test you in order to make known what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

Verse 3 – He humbled you, causing you to be hungry, yet he fed you with manna that neither you nor your ancestors had known, in order to teach you that human beings are not to live by food alone – instead human beings are to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD. 4 – “The clothes you wore did not wear out, nor did your feet blister during these 40 years.

Verse 5 – Be convinced in your heart that as a father disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.

Jesus Christ is preparing a place for us in heaven. Jesus is also preparing us for our heavenly home. Our lifetime here on this earth is filled with humbling experiences meant to teach us that the guarantee of physical food is not all there is to life; the true food of life is Jesus, the bread from heaven.

The disciples were faced with a decision of what to do regarding Jesus. These were some of the words Jesus spoke: John 6:56 – The person who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. 57 – Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will also live because of me. 58 – This is the bread that came down from heaven, not the kind that your ancestors ate. They died, but the one who eats this bread will live forever.”

John 6:60 – When many of his disciples heard this, they said, “This is a difficult statement. who can accept it?” 61 – But Jesus, knowing within himself that his disciples were grumbling about this asked them, “Does this offend you?

Verse 66 – As a result, many of his disciples turned back and no longer associated with him. 67 – So Jesus asked the Twelve, “You don’t want to leave, too, do you?”

verse 68 – Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 – Besides, we have believed and remain convinced that you are the Holy One of God.”

Let not the challenges you face in life turn you away from Jesus. We desperately need Him. We may hunger and suffer challenges in health and finances, but let these experiences convince us that Jesus is preparing us for eternal life. Let us submit to His discipline, feast on His words and be convinced in our hearts that Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, loves us with an everlasting love.