ESOCS Devotional 1 June 2025 – Consumed By The Glory of God
MEMORY VERSE: “And Jesus told those who sold the pigeons, take these things away. Do not make my father’s house a house of trade. His disciples remembered that it was written zeal for your house will consume me.” John 2:16–17
TEXT: JOHN 2:16-25
And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!” 17 Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up.”
18 So the Jews answered and said to Him, “What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?”
19 Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”
21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body. 22 Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.
23 Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did. 24 But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men, 25 and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man.
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So, let me just ask the question. What consumes you? Such an interesting word, isn’t it? What captures your mind and your heart such that you can’t get it off your mind and it’s constantly on your heart? You’re consumed by it. In fact, something is consuming you. It’s almost controlling you, driving you and directing you! So, what consumed Jesus? Zeal for the glory of His father. And if Jesus lives in you, if Jesus lives in me, then shouldn’t we be consumed by what consumes Him?
Dearly beloved, do you wake up in the morning consumed by the glory of God? Captured our minds, our hearts driven, directed, controlled by how we can glorify God in our lives, in our marriages, in our families, in the church that we’re a part of, in the world around us. If only we can be sincere to ourselves, we are so often consumed by so many other things. Normally, most often, by things that pertain to us; maybe even by our own glory, what people think about us or our own plans, or our own desires. Gosh! So many different things that consume us in this world!
We’re consumed by jobs, money, possessions, sports and so many different things. So God, open our eyes to that which consumes us, that which where our minds are always going to, that which is most on our hearts. And we pray that as you open our eyes to these things, that you would change our minds and hearts so that we are consumed by what consumes you, Lord Jesus, that we’re consumed by your glory. That when we wake up in the morning, we’re just driven.
So, how can we know your glory more, spread your glory more, reflect your glory in the way we love the people in our homes, our friends, family, coworkers and the church of God? So how can we live to make your glory known among more and more people right around us and far from us, among the nations, as we pray constantly for unreached people and groups? God, we’re consumed.
- What is it that takes more of your attention in life, the ways of God or the ways of the world?
PRAYER POINT
- Father, we want your glory to be made known among the ESOCS community, we’re zealous for this. We pray that you would teach us, help us to live, consumed with zeal for your glory. May that consumption, that zeal, mark our lives, in Jesus name. Amen.
FURTHER READING: 1 Samuel 24:1-End; 3:1-21
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