Dear Lord God, we come before You in worship and praise, for You are the orchestrator of Your creation. Be with us as we spend time with You, and guide us to what You want to show us.
Okay, so this passage gave me goosebumps. After reading about John for seven days, and pondering his life from the late teens to late adulthood, reading his words in this letter touched me deeply. Did you notice how he emphasized that what he was proclaiming came from his own personal witness? John walked with God in the flesh. He knew Jesus personally and saw Him almost daily, for several incredible years. And he shares this in his writings so his readers may fully share in that joy! I also loved the message he first wants to impart in this letter. God is light, and there is no darkness at all in Him (verse 5). What a beautiful truth! We can trust Him fully! John ends with an acknowledgment of our own sinfulness and the remedy. Confession. When we recognize the darkness in ourselves, we turn to the Light and ask Him to eradicate it, to cleanse us, and to forgive us once more. This is the Good News. Jesus took our sins on Himself at the cross and asked God to punish HIM in our place. And God did. And now Jesus lives to intercede for us, offering forgiveness when we turn to Him. Hallelujah, what a Savior!
My verse: 1 John 1:3, “We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.”
My response: How I love that John’s reason for sharing is so that we, too, can share in that beautiful fellowship offered to us – abiding with the Father and the Son through the indwelling of the Spirit. John walked with God just as surely in his latter years as he did physically in his younger years. And we, also, have been granted that great privilege. Lord, forgive me when I treat this amazing friendship You offer lightly. Thank You for Your abiding Presence in my life.
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