Daily Devo - John 15:7b

“ ⁷ If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” John 15:7

Jesus makes the promise that we can ‘ask whatever we wish, and it will be done for us’. We looked a bit at this promise yesterday, but notice here that he makes a condition for this promise: We must remain in Him AND His Words.

What are Jesus’ words? The easy and simple answer is the Bible. It would be easy to read this as if it were saying that if we just read the Bible each day, then we can have whatever we ask for. But, there is more to say. Let me explain.

Jesus was “the Word become flesh” (John 1:14). In other words, the Word of God was not letters on a page, but a living, breathing person who walked around and did incredible things.

The same is true in our lives. The Word of God in our lives is not about reading words on a page, but in our living as we walk around and do the incredible things God has for us. The Word of God is only ‘the Word of God’ when it is performed through our lives; it exists in the world only when it is lived out by you and me who live in this world as followers of Jesus (who is the Word of God).

So, to ‘remain in Jesus’ Word’ (as the passage says), we must live out what we read in the Bible. In that way, YOU become the Word of God to the world around you.

PRAY and ask God to help you LIVE OUT His Word in your life. Ask Him to reveal to you ways that you can be the Word to others.