John 15:18-20 (ESV)
“[18] “If the world hates you, know that it has hated ME before it hated you. [19] If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. [20] Remember THE WORD that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted ME, they will also persecute you. If they kept “MY WORD”, they will also keep yours.”
In the REAL WORLD, things are a LOT different than they are in life! The first verse of the first chapter of John PLAINLY states “In the beginning was “THE WORD” (JESUS), and “THE WORD” was with GOD, and “THE WORD” was GOD,”. This same JESUS is saying in John 15:20 “If they kept “MY WORD” (as referred to in John 1:1), they will also keep yours”!!!
“The enemy” doesn’t have to work very hard to get me to lose focus on “MY WORD”! Yes, he is the “master deceiver”, but I seem to yeild to his deception far too easily when it comes to choosing the path I need to be traveling. Why do I do that which seems correct rather than obey “MY WORD”???
FATHER IN HEAVEN, cause my weaknesses to become stronger and my wishes to be replaced with “MY (YOUR) WORD”!!!
