DAILY BREAD FELLOWSHIP
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Today’s Scripture
John 2:2 (ESV)
“Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.”
Opening the Scriptures
Yesterday we entered a wedding celebration in Cana. Today John gives us another simple detail: Jesus and His disciples had been invited.
Nothing miraculous has happened yet.
Jesus is simply present among ordinary people during an ordinary event in their lives.
Yet the disciples who came with Him were beginning an extraordinary journey. They had left their former lives to follow Jesus, but they still had much to learn about the One they were following.
Soon they would witness something at this wedding that would deepen their understanding of who Jesus truly is.
For now, they simply went where Jesus went.
That is a simple but important picture of discipleship.
Living God’s Word Today
Following Jesus does not mean inviting Him into selected areas of our lives while keeping control of everything else.
Christ is not a guest whom we welcome when convenient and ignore when His presence interferes with our plans.
He is Lord.
The disciples were learning that following Jesus meant going where He led them. That same principle remains true for us.
We follow Christ when His Word agrees with what we want, and we follow Him when His Word confronts what we want.
We follow Him in church, but also in our homes.
We follow Him when people are watching and when nobody sees us.
We follow Him when obedience is comfortable and when obedience costs us something.
There is another important warning here. Inviting Jesus into our lives does not mean that He has come to fulfill all our personal desires. At Cana, Jesus was not present to become a servant of human wishes. What would soon happen would reveal His glory and His divine authority.
That distinction matters.
Christianity is not about adding Jesus to the life we have already chosen.
It is about surrendering ourselves to the Christ who calls us to follow Him.
The disciples did not yet understand everything about Jesus.
Neither do we.
But discipleship begins with trusting Him enough to follow.
Today, do not merely ask Christ to accompany your plans.
Open His Word and ask whether your plans are following His will.
Question for Today:
Are you asking Jesus to follow your plans, or are you willing to follow His?
Respond: “Lord Jesus, I will follow You.”
DBF-001-023
Today’s Scripture
John 2:2 (ESV)
“Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.”
Opening the Scriptures
Yesterday we entered a wedding celebration in Cana. Today John gives us another simple detail: Jesus and His disciples had been invited.
Nothing miraculous has happened yet.
Jesus is simply present among ordinary people during an ordinary event in their lives.
Yet the disciples who came with Him were beginning an extraordinary journey. They had left their former lives to follow Jesus, but they still had much to learn about the One they were following.
Soon they would witness something at this wedding that would deepen their understanding of who Jesus truly is.
For now, they simply went where Jesus went.
That is a simple but important picture of discipleship.
Living God’s Word Today
Following Jesus does not mean inviting Him into selected areas of our lives while keeping control of everything else.
Christ is not a guest whom we welcome when convenient and ignore when His presence interferes with our plans.
He is Lord.
The disciples were learning that following Jesus meant going where He led them. That same principle remains true for us.
We follow Christ when His Word agrees with what we want, and we follow Him when His Word confronts what we want.
We follow Him in church, but also in our homes.
We follow Him when people are watching and when nobody sees us.
We follow Him when obedience is comfortable and when obedience costs us something.
There is another important warning here. Inviting Jesus into our lives does not mean that He has come to fulfill all our personal desires. At Cana, Jesus was not present to become a servant of human wishes. What would soon happen would reveal His glory and His divine authority.
That distinction matters.
Christianity is not about adding Jesus to the life we have already chosen.
It is about surrendering ourselves to the Christ who calls us to follow Him.
The disciples did not yet understand everything about Jesus.
Neither do we.
But discipleship begins with trusting Him enough to follow.
Today, do not merely ask Christ to accompany your plans.
Open His Word and ask whether your plans are following His will.
Question for Today:
Are you asking Jesus to follow your plans, or are you willing to follow His?
Respond: “Lord Jesus, I will follow You.”
DAILY BREAD FELLOWSHIP
DBF-001-023
Today’s Scripture
John 2:2 (ESV)
“Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.”
Opening the Scriptures
Yesterday we entered a wedding celebration in Cana. Today John gives us another simple detail: Jesus and His disciples had been invited.
Nothing miraculous has happened yet.
Jesus is simply present among ordinary people during an ordinary event in their lives.
Yet the disciples who came with Him were beginning an extraordinary journey. They had left their former lives to follow Jesus, but they still had much to learn about the One they were following.
Soon they would witness something at this wedding that would deepen their understanding of who Jesus truly is.
For now, they simply went where Jesus went.
That is a simple but important picture of discipleship.
Living God’s Word Today
Following Jesus does not mean inviting Him into selected areas of our lives while keeping control of everything else.
Christ is not a guest whom we welcome when convenient and ignore when His presence interferes with our plans.
He is Lord.
The disciples were learning that following Jesus meant going where He led them. That same principle remains true for us.
We follow Christ when His Word agrees with what we want, and we follow Him when His Word confronts what we want.
We follow Him in church, but also in our homes.
We follow Him when people are watching and when nobody sees us.
We follow Him when obedience is comfortable and when obedience costs us something.
There is another important warning here. Inviting Jesus into our lives does not mean that He has come to fulfill all our personal desires. At Cana, Jesus was not present to become a servant of human wishes. What would soon happen would reveal His glory and His divine authority.
That distinction matters.
Christianity is not about adding Jesus to the life we have already chosen.
It is about surrendering ourselves to the Christ who calls us to follow Him.
The disciples did not yet understand everything about Jesus.
Neither do we.
But discipleship begins with trusting Him enough to follow.
Today, do not merely ask Christ to accompany your plans.
Open His Word and ask whether your plans are following His will.
Question for Today:
Are you asking Jesus to follow your plans, or are you willing to follow His?
Respond: “Lord Jesus, I will follow You.”
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