The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
Receive—an action, something I need to initiate to acquire an object or a condition. The result is a precious belief/trust/commit/obey condition, a total reversal of my fallen state. The door is open for me to allow Jesus Christ to enter in to begin that process of transformation which will enable me to recognize and implement the good, perfect and acceptable will of God in my life.
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 13
Mid-day: 119:9-16
Evening: Psalm 88
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