August 4, 2018 CAC Living Water Daily Devotional Guide : Topic - GOD TABERNACLES AMONG US

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August 4, 2018 CAC Living Water  Daily Devotional Guide : Topic - GOD TABERNACLES AMONG US



CAC Living Water
Daily Devotional Guide
Saturday, August 4, 2018

TOPIC - GOD TABERNACLES AMONG US
Read John 1:1-3, 14-18

MEMORISE
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth (John 1:14).


EXPOSITION

All four Gospels provide an account of Jesus' life, death and resurrection, but they each start the narrative from different places. Matthew and Luke begin with Christ's birth, and Mark launches into the adult ministry of John the Baptist before introducing Jesus. The Gospel of John, however, begins at the very beginning, with the creation of the world.

Echoing the first line of Genesis and the theme of creation, today's reading opens with, In the beginning was the Word (v1). The Word that was there at the beginning, we are told, was not only with God, but also was God. Just as Genesis 1 tells us that God spoke things into existence, so now, John tells us that it was by this powerful, creative Word of God that all things were made (v3). In other words, the Gospel of John introduces the main subject of all of Scripture: the Word of God, who created the world, who is God Himself.

Astonishingly, that same creative, eternal Word became flesh and dwelt among us (v14). The Creator, God took on a human body and walked among us. The phrase translated dwelt among us uses the same Greek word that means "tabernacled among us." Just as the old tabernacle was the place of God's dwelling with His people, Israel, so now God has a new tabernacle, a new dwelling place, to be with His people on earth. That dwelling place is none other than the person of Jesus.

Because of the Incarnation, the God whom no one has ever seen is now made known (v18). This is, indeed, a grace for grace (v16). Whereas, previously, God had made Himself known in shadows and symbols, now in Jesus, we see the full glory of God.

Christian songwriter, Stuart Townsend captures the power and beauty of the Incarnation: " When Love came down to earth/And made His home with men,/ The hopeless found a hope,/ The sinner found a friend." God has shown His love by choosing to tabernacle with us in the flesh! How will you respond with praise in your own life? Give Him your heart. You'll become His dwelling place (1 Cor.9:16).

 PRAYER POINTS

1. Thank you Jesus for making my heart, your tabernacle.
2. Lord, let me daily appreciate this gracious gesture of Yours.
3. Lord, let all our Christian youth be conscious of Your awesome presence with us, so that the sin of fornication and adultery would be reduced to the barest minimum among them.

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EXTRA READING FOR TODAY:
Job 34--36 & 1 John 1

Let Him dwells in you!
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