Daily Devotional

John reports that, based on the signs they saw Jesus doing, people entrusted their lives to Him. But Jesus did not entrust His life to them. And John tells us why: “He knew how untrustworthy they were.”
Are we trustworthy or is our faith superficial? Superficial faith is conditional. As long as Jesus dealt with these people in a certain way, then everything was all right, but Jesus knew that their faith couldn’t stand up to change.
Superficial faith fails when things don’t go our way. The words of Psalm 2:1 cry out to us: “Why do the nations plan evil together? Why do they make useless plans?” We can’t put limits on our faith, but we must affirm our faith even when things are going against us.
Superficial faith doesn’t survive pressure. These believers were fine while the signs were on display; as long as things went their way and the pressure was low. But Jesus knew that when the pressure was on, they would lose their courage and reject Him.
Today, pressure has people doing all kinds of abusive things—to ourselves and to those we profess to love. But Jesus helps us cope with pressure; Jesus reassures us in our trouble: “In this world you will have trouble. But cheer up! I have won the battle over the world (John 16:33).”
Certainly, serving Jesus is the right thing. But where there is superficial faith, there is lack of conviction. Today, our faith must be more than a feeling; our faith must be a discipline. If we embrace the discipline of following Jesus, then regardless of our condition, our cause is right.
Our trustworthiness is determined by how we serve the Lord in our times of crisis. Paul teaches, “We walk by faith, not by sight (II Corinthians 5:7).” Jesus adds this: “Don’t listen to them; just trust Me (Mark 5:36)!”

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