Devotion:
Read John 3:1-10.
Nicodemus was a teacher who taught people about God. And while many of his fellow teachers were skeptical about Jesus, Nicodemus could see that what this rabbi from Nazareth was teaching and doing could only come from God. He wanted to hear more about what Jesus had to say. He wanted to probe deeper into his teaching. He knew he had more to learn and he was still willing to do so.
To be a disciple is simply to be one who is willing to learn. The challenge is to keep that desire going throughout life. It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that we have learned all we need to know. It is tempting to fall into a similar trap of thinking that what we have already learned does not need to be reexamined, that some of it could be wrong. But if you have ever talked to anyone who reads and studies the Bible regularly, you have probably heard them say that each time they read any particular passage, they learn something new. And if any of us pay attention to the Holy Spirit working in our lives, we have experiences of regularly learning something new about putting those passages into practice.
This same Gospel writer tells us that after Jesus died on the cross, Nicodemus was there to help prepare his body for burial. He was still following. He was still learning. I’m guessing that the conversation from this night was running through his mind, including this part: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won’t perish but will have eternal life. God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him.”
May we continue to learn that and live that. May we continue to learn how to be the people of Christ.
Personal Worship Option:
Name three things you have learned about being a Christian in the last five years. What do you still hope to learn? What do you think Jesus Christ would most like to teach you?
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