June 26th

June 26th -- John 5 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%205&version=NLT)

Go read the passage, please!

This passage has some interesting thoughts at the end. Jesus calls out the Pharisees for putting faith in men who pointed to Jesus, but not putting faith in Jesus. He explains that that's obviously why they cannot have faith in him - their faith is in other people.
How many times do we place faith in the wrong things? How often do we trust the wrong things? Monthly? Weekly? Try daily. More likely multiple times each day.. or perhaps hour sometimes. We so often look to the wrong things for something/someone to put faith in. This can be putting faith in money to sustain us, family to support us no matter what we do, friends to never make a mistake or let us down, or even the weather to hold out for us. We are often stupid about placing faith. Seldom do we actually manage to hold faith in God and God alone all day long. Just like the Pharisees being unable to really see the truth about putting faith in Jesus, we become unable to see the truths about putting our faith in God and building a relationship with Him. We become so distracted by all the other things we put fleeting faith in that we teach ourselves not to put faith in things too long, or they'll let you down. From birth, we teach ourselves that faith is hard to place and seldom rewarded when it is. So, when we are given a chance to place faith in God, of course we often turn from that chance. Though we should see that all we have placed faith in leads back to Him, we don't. We see it as putting faith in someone we cannot see, touch, or hear, when the things we CAN do those to have let us down. So we wonder why this someone would be different and we doubt and we hold our faith back. Holding back your faith fro God is the BIGGEST MISTAKE A PERSON WILL EVER MAKE. Yes, it`s hard to take that leap of faith, but yes, it is so rewarding. Don't be like the Pharisees, getting caught up in putting faith in the wrong things (this includes false gods from other religions), but instead, realize everything points back to God, and He's worth putting faith in.

Well, that will be all. God bless! Shalom!