Jesus’ Sacrifice: An Out Pouring of God’s Love – Availibility

As we draw nearer to Easter, let’s take the next few weeks to focus on Jesus and what He did for us on the cross. Today, we turn to perhaps the most well known passage in the Bible.

Read John 3:16-21

Spend time this morning reflecting on the simple truth found in John 3:16-17. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him.” What an incredible love that God has for us that He would send his Son to die for us! Sometimes we fail to grasp the depth of God’s love for us. This is the Good News, that while we were sinners and stuck in the condemnation we’d brought upon ourselves, Jesus died for us to set us free and give us life with Him.

Read Philippians 2:5-8

In coming to die for us, Jesus emptied himself and took on human form. He set aside his divine right to the power and position as God of the universe to be just like us. He made himself available to do what God the Father wanted him to do. Only He could choose to set aside his own glory in exchange for such a frail humanity. As we continue to remember and focus on what God has done for us, think of how you can practice the spiritual discipline of availability. Just as Jesus made himself available to do whatever God would have him do, make yourself available to do whatever God may be calling you to do. Write down one thing God is putting on your heart today, then do it.

Today God is calling me to make myself available to…





“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son for it. Not that he was unable to save us in another way, but in this way it was possible to show us his abundant love abundantly, namely, by bringing us near to him by the death of his Son. If he had anything more dear to him, he would have given it to us, in order that by it our race might be his. And out of his great love he did not even choose to urge our freedom by compulsion, though he was able to do so. But aim was that we should come near to him by the love of our mind. And, our Lord obeyed his Father out of love for us.”
-Isaac of Ninevah