Tuesday, September 23, 2008
John 12:20-26
Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him. (ESV)
by Angie Osborn
Jesus uses the analogy of a kernel of wheat needing to die so that the seed can produce more seeds. We too must die in order to produce seeds. We must die daily to ourselves. We must be willing to set aside our own desires and ambitions so that we can turn our hearts to the Lord. As we yield to him, he will work in us to make us who he wants us to be. Others will see those changes and want to come to a saving knowledge of Christ as well. In order to produce seeds, we must allow the master gardener to prune us and shape us so that we can be his instrument for bringing others to him.
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2008, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.
Scripture quotations marked "ESV" are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service .
