HY VOED EN KOESTER JOU
’n Mens haat mos nie jou liggaam nie, maar voed en versorg dit. Christus maak net so met ons, die kerk (Efesiërs 5:29).
Jesus het in Johannes 10:11 en 14 gesê: “Ek is die goeie herder….” Die Griekse woord vir “herder” is “poimon” en dit beteken “pastoor.” Iemand wat deur God geroep is om die kudde te voed; met insig te beskerm en te koester. Dit is wat Jesus vir die Kerk doen; Hy voed en koester dit. Die apostel Paulus het dit impliseer in sy Gees-geïnspireerde waarskuwing in ons temavers.
Hoe voed die Here die Kerk? Hy doen dit deur die bediening van die Woord! Dit laat my dink aan iets wat die Here baie jare gelede vir my gesê het. Hy het gesê: ‘Voed my skape.’ Terwyl ek nog oor die stelling nagedink het, het Hy dit weer gesê. Op daardie tydstip het die trane vrylik gevloei, want ek het geweet wat Hy bedoel. Hy wou hê dat ek die Woord moes onderrig en ek het van toe af daarby gehou.
Wat die Here destyds vir my gesê het stem ooreen met sy ontmoeting met Petrus in Johannes 21:17. Nadat Hy drie keer na mekaar vir Petrus gevra het: ‘Het jy My lief?’ en Petrus ja geantwoord het, sê Hy vir hom: ‘Gaan versorg my skape.’ In die Ou Afrikaanse Vertaling staan: “Laat my skape wei.” Die Woord is voedsel vir die gees en elkeen wat dit waag om die Woord te glo en te ontvang, word gevoed, opgebou en onderhou in die oorwinnende lewe. In Handelinge 20:32 skryf die Gees: “En nou vertrou ek julle aan God toe en aan die boodskap van die genade wat Hy aan mense bewys. Dié boodskap is in staat om julle op te bou en julle in die seëninge te laat deel wat Hy aan al die gelowiges as erfporsie belowe het.”
Die Kerk is baie belangrik vir die Here. Die Bybel sê: “Omdat ons ledemate van sy liggaam is” (Efesiërs 5:30). Ons is één met Hom. Deur die bediening van die Woord onderhou Hy ons, gee ons krag, versterk en berei ons voor vir sy wederkoms binnekort: “Om só die kerk aan God toe te wy nadat Hy die kerk met die water en deur die woord gereinig het en sodat Hy die kerk in al sy skoonheid voor Hom kan stel, nie met enige vlek of plooi of enige ander onsierlikheid nie, maar aan God toegewy en onberispelik” (Efesiërs 5:26-27).
Die Here voed jou selfs nou terwyl jy hierdie dagstukkie bestudeer. Hy doen iets aan jou geestesmens. Hy verfris en verkwik jou deur en deur, want Hy koester jou. Halleluja!
GEBED
Liewe Vader, dankie vir u Woord wat my opbou en my op die regte lewenskoers plaas. Ek het my heeltemal oorgegee aan die bediening van die Woord in my Bybelstudie en oordenking, daarom word ek gekoester, opgebou, ontwikkel en onderhou in die oorwinnende lewe. Ek leef in goddelike gesondheid, voorspoed en geniet buitengewone verbetering op elke gebied van my lewe, in Jesus se Naam. Amen.
VERDERE STUDIE:
Handelinge 20:32; Eségiël 34:14-15; 2 Timótheüs 3:15-17
1 JAAR BYBELLEES-PLAN
Matthéüs 10:24-42 & Génesis 34-35
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Handelinge 9:10-20 & Ester 9-10
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HE NOURISHES AND CHERISHES YOU
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church (Ephesians 5:29).
The Lord Jesus, in John 10:11 & 14, said, “I am the good shepherd….” The Greek word for “shepherd” is “poimen” and it means “Pastor”; one that’s called of God to nourish, carefully protect and cherish the flock. This is what Jesus does to the Church; He nourishes and cherishes it. The Apostle Paul implied this in his Spirit-inspired admonition in our theme verse.
How does the Lord nourish the Church? He does it through the ministry of the Word! It brings to mind something the Lord said to me while in prayer many years ago. He said, “Feed my sheep.” While I was still pondering on the statement, He said it again. At this time, tears flowed freely down my eyes, because I knew what He meant. He wanted me to teach the Word; and I’ve been at it ever since.
What the Lord said to me back then parallels His encounter with Peter in John 21:17. After asking Peter three consecutive times, “Do you love me?” and Peter answered in the affirmative, He said to him, “Feed my sheep.” He was telling Peter to feed them with the Word. The Word is food for the spirit, and anyone who dares to believe and receive the Word is nourished, built up, and sustained in the victorious life. In Acts 20:32, the Spirit writes, “And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.”
The Church is very important to the Lord. The Bible says “…we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones” (Ephesians 5:30). We’re one with Him. And through the ministry of the Word, He sustains, energizes, strengthens and prepares us for His soon return: “That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish” (Ephesians 5:26-27).
Even now, the Lord is nourishing you as you study this devotional. He’s doing something to your spirit; He’s invigorating and vitalizing you through and through, because He cherishes you. Hallelujah!
PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you for your Word that builds me up and positions me on the right course in life. I’m completely given to the ministry of the Word in study and meditation, and therefore, nurtured, edified, developed and sustained in the victorious life. I walk in divine health, prosperity, and enjoy unprecedented increase in every area of my life, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Acts 20:32; Ezekiel 34:14-15; 2 Timothy 3:15-17
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Matthew 10:24-42 & Genesis 34-35
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Acts 9:10-20 & Esther 9-10
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Ek leef in goddelike gesondheid, voorspoed en geniet buitengewone verbetering op elke gebied van my lewe, in Jesus se Naam