JOHN 3:1-2

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council.  He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God.  For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him.”

TO PONDER

Nicodemus wanted to know more about Jesus. This man, Jesus, whose actions and words had his fellow members in the Sanhedrim in a bit of a tiz, because of the rising number of people following him, so he visited Jesus secretly at night. He begins by praising God and uses the word “we” to make it seem like a general inquiry, but as he so often did, Jesus turned the focus on Nicodemus, his spiritual condition and the need for him to be born again, a lengthy discussion over that followed. 

Nicodemus had no faith but he was questioning. Our faith is not a done deal, it is not a noun but a verb - we have to work on it. Nicodemus was unknowingly on that road; he was asking questions. As those questions are answered we begin to believe and from this our faith grows. 

We all want to walk closer with God, to live a life like Jesus modelled, to have complete faith in God and his ways so we still need to question so that our faith can grow.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, I thank you for your Word, pastors and teachers and people who work on Bible versions, devotions and commentaries so that I can find an answer when I have a question, for those light bulb moments when I can grasp a deeper meaning to what is, quite a familiar section of your Word.  Enable me to be bold and ask questions even if it seems silly to those around me, help me grow in my faith and be closer to you each day Amen

Today's daily devotion written by Maureen Macpherson, LifeWay Newcastle