Transformed – teen devotion – August 18, 2024

There is only one path to heaven. There is only one salvation to be found. It is free from the Father through the working of his Son. Our daily consumption of the Word fills us with this spiritual wisdom.

“I am the Bread of Life,” Jesus told them. “The one who comes to me will never be hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty.

It is written in the Prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me.
John 6:35, 45

Wisdom Gaining Food

A student goes to school to learn knowledge, facts and skills. While some of the things you learn will definitely be a benefit to you in your life, some of them you will never use again! What is the point in learning all this? It is frustrating to have to learn information that will be useless to you. But you learn it to pass the exam and be a more well-rounded individual. Sometimes you learn knowledge on your own that will benefit you through your own experiences, experiments, and endeavors.

But the fact of the matter is, if we want to gain spiritual knowledge, it’s not something that we can find on our own. We cannot seek and find the God of full and free salvation within ourselves, the world, or the wisdom of this world. Our flesh will claim it’s not foolish and the world will want us to think it wise, but we truly know better.

There is only one way to see and know the Bread of Life; within God’s Word. This is the one place where God has revealed his full plan of salvation for the world. It is abundantly clear that we need to learn of the Father’s love through the working of the Son and the Spirit which brings us to trust in this knowledge of salvation. This knowledge is freely handed to all, so all may know their Lord.
Our regular and consistent connection to the Scriptures will be our key to being fed with this spiritual, life-saving wisdom. If we cut ourselves off from that which feeds our faith, it will starve. Unfed faith can hold to Jesus for a bit, but not indefinitely.

Learn from Jesus, learn from the Word. Receive spiritual wisdom to eternal life.

Prayer:
Lord Jesus, Bread of Life, so encourage our hearts to seek you fully for our spiritual life. May we never seek our salvation elsewhere. Amen.