A Vision

DEVOTION 2 JOHN A VISION 2 John 3 3 Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father's Son, will be with us in truth and love. NIV Even though this is just of a, somewhat standard type, salutation among believers, it holds a great truth. It is noted that John does not simply ask that grace, mercy and peace be upon this chosen lady, but that those three incredible actions of God will be with us all in truth and love. Who would not want his divine influence upon their heart, along with his compassion and have spiritual prosperity? Perhaps people who refuse to accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of their lives would not care for any of these actions of God in their lives, but those of us who know Christ certainly would take all of these we can get. The grace of God working in us certainly proves to be of greater worth than being influenced by either Satan or our own deceitful hearts. Having his divine influence gives us a direction to travel in righteousness. After all it was by his influence that we saw the truth in the first place and accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior. It is this action of Jesus upon the cross which demonstrated his great mercy or compassion on us for without that action we would still be doomed to die not only once but twice. In additional to these two, if they aren’t enough, we are recipients of his peace. Whether we want to define that as no longer at war with God or having prosperity or an abundance of spiritual growth in our lives, it far exceeds anything this world could ever offer. Why would anyone want to refuse these actions of God in their lives is beyond understanding. And then all of these will be with us in truth and love. He is the truth, and his Agape love, his benevolent love, his love feast upon us drenches us completely. Life would be so empty without God pouring himself out upon us. It is almost beyond reason, yet he is God and we are his creation. In such a small way do we not pour ourselves out for our children who in some sense we have created? We can only truly get a glimpse of his great love for us and in these few words we are given enough clues to have more than then a glimpse, we are given a vision.