Beyond the Weekend: Life and Where We Find It
We all look somewhere for life. Success. Approval. The perfect relationship. Financial security. But what happens when the things we chase can't deliver what they promise?
Join us for a three-week series exploring where we find real life—the kind that lasts and satisfies — the kind only Jesus offers.
The Maker
Read: John 1:1-5 Listen: John 1
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. John 1:3-4
The Bible begins with the epic narrative of God speaking the world into existence: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). Later, the apostle John writes a biography of Jesus and intentionally begins with words that overlap the opening line of Genesis: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). Part of John’s point is to connect his readers’ understanding between the God who created the universe and Jesus, the Word. This Jesus, who walked, talked, and served with John, is life itself and “the light of all mankind.”
The primary battle of the human heart is to see and adore Jesus for who he really is. He is the creator, sustainer, and essence of life. To know him is to know life, and life to the full. Our chief aim then should be to know him and treasure him in increasing measure. Rather than chasing after trivial pursuits, we are to center our lives on the joyful quest of knowing him more deeply.
TODAY: Pray to know Jesus more richly by humbling yourself and acknowledging your need for him. Ask God to open your eyes to his wonder and beauty and to captivate your heart with the fullness of who he is. Ask for strength to make him the central pursuit of your life and deepest desire of your heart.
