Reflect
“Whoever keeps my word will never see death” (Jn 8:51). There is something very challenging about these words. Most of us know someone who we think was very faithful, and yet that person has died. In our eyes, they have seen death—quite literally. But Jesus knows exactly how confusing it sounds, and he knows where such a teaching leads: to raised stones, scourging, and the cross—but also the Resurrection. To keep God’s word is to keep our eyes on the cross and on what lies just beyond.
Pray
Jesus,
I trust in you.
Guide my footsteps on the path
you have set before me.
My life is yours, I give it to you.
Death has no power over me
because I am yours.
Act
What is a distraction you can give up to make time in your day for God? Is it online shopping? Watching cat videos? Or playing Wordle? To keep God’s word, we must first get to know it. Set down your phone, turn off your TV, and pick up your Bible. Let God’s word be planted in your soul, and feel it taking root.
