Thought for May 6

 History:

  • 1541: Henry VIII orders an English Bible be placed in every church--they had been in Latin
  • 1794: Haiti revolts against France
  • 1837: John Deere creates first steel plow
  • 1851: Linus Yale patents the Yale lock
  • 1861: Tennessee and Arkansas secede from the Union
  • 1889: Paris World's Fair opens with Eiffel Tower as the entrance arch
  • 1837: Hindenburg disaster--Oh the humanity
  • 1940: Steinbeck wins the Pulitzer for "The Grapes of Wrath"
  • 1941: Bob Hope performs his first USO Show
  • 1954: Roger Bannister is first to run a sub 4 minute mile
  • 1957: Last telecast of "I Love Lucy" on CBS
  • 1994: Channel Tunnel opens between France and England
  • 2002: Elon Musk founds Space X
  • 2020: Organization in Ireland sends over $2 million to the Navajo Nation and Hopi Reservation remembering $170 sent to Ireland by the Choctaw Nation during the potato famine
  • Born: Robespierre, Robert Peary, Sigmund Freud, Amadeo Giannini [founded Bank of America], Rudolph Valentino, Daniel Gerber, "Toots" Shor, Orson Welles, Willie Mays, Tony Blair, George Clooney, Roma Downey, Chris Paul
  • Died: Henry David Thoreau, Frank Baum, Maria Montessori, Marlene Dietrich, George Lindsey
Thought:
Finishing John today and looking at 20:31. In this verse, John tells us his purpose in writing his Gospel--that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God and that believing we will have life in His name. John's whole purpose is writing was to help us believe that Jesus is the Messiah and that by believing we will have life--for without Jesus there is no life.

Today, this strikes me as a purpose that we all can adopt. What if every day I got up with the purpose of living my life so that others believe that Jesus is the Christ and that by believing they can have life in His name. Churches, companies, organizations and individuals are always seeking to state a mission, a goal, a vision, a purpose--but what if our only purpose was to join John in his efforts. Today, everything I say and do will be done with the intention of showing others that Jesus is the Christ. I will make every decision, form every attitude, take every action, so that others will believe that Jesus is the Christ. I will examine myself and ask the Holy Spirit to examine me--cast out anything that is not directed toward this singular purpose. I will give up anything that interferes with my witness that Jesus is the Christ. I will have only one goal--that all the world understands and believes that Jesus is the Son of God who takes away the sins of the world. 

Think what would happen if every professing Christian in the world took on that assignment for today. 

Lord, help us--we want the world to know who You are and believing have eternal life.

Blessings
Larry

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