January 2010

John 13:14-17   If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, the servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if you do them.

I believe the trouble with people today is that we are looking for happiness in all the wrong places. True happiness can be found only in Christ. We will not be able to obtain nor achieve a Happy New Year unless we are living for Christ. After all He has done for us, you would think we would be eager to serve Him!

Remember we can never repay Christ for all He has done for us. What has He done? He knew that all of us had sinned and the wrath of God would fall upon us. He went to the cross and took our place and died in our stead. He saw us sinking into Hell – so He reached down and lifted us up. He placed a song in our heart and planted our feet upon the Rock of Ages. He has given us everything good that we have. All of our hope for the future is centered in Him. We will spend the eternal ages in Heaven instead of Hell because of Jesus. If we had a thousand lives to live and could live every one of them for Him every minute, we could never repay Him for all He has done for us. In this New Year we should all do our best for Him and that’s the way I see it. I have some lifelong friends and family who are recipients of this newsletter. Many of them need to read it again and that is also the way I see it!

iHs

Griff