From Death Comes Life

Scripture:
John 12:23-27 (NASB)

And Jesus answered them, saying, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.     “Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.

Devotional:

We often think of death as the end of it all.  Huge debates take place as to what happens when we die.  The Bible is very clear on life and death.  Death is not the end but a beginning.  In the fall the trees go dormant and flowers die.  Winter brings a barren landscape.  The land appears to be consumed by death.  In the spring the leaves will bud and flowers bloom.  New life springs up everywhere you look.  Out of death comes new life.  A living flower will produce a seed.  The seed with no life in it will wait until the proper time.  Then out of its death new life with form.  From a dead seed a new plant will be given life.

Our lives are the same.  We live now but in our death comes new life.  How we live that new life will depend upon the choices we make here and now.  Christ came to this earth as a person so that He could pave the way for us to join Him in a new life.  In His death we are offered new life.  In our death to ourselves and this world we receive an abundant life with Christ.  We will be filled with His love, grace, mercy, and most of all His blessings.