Just Right for Jesus - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2025

Bible in a Year : Judges 11-12, Luke 6:1-26

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.
1 Timothy 1:15

Today's Scripture & Insight : 1 Timothy 1:12-17

Eric’s childhood challenges included a severe skin rash, difficulties in school and getting high on alcohol or drugs daily from a very early age. Yet, the one who dubbed himself as the “king of bad” found that he excelled at football—until he abandoned it after becoming discouraged by discrimination. This allowed him even more time for using and dealing drugs.

Things changed for Eric, however, when he had a life-altering encounter with Jesus while attending a church service. At his job the next day, a dedicated believer in Jesus invited Eric to attend yet another church service where he heard these words that encouraged him in his new-found faith: “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV). Eric’s life has never been the same since.

Like Eric, Saul of Tarsus (also known as Paul) would’ve been classified as a “tough case”. He said, “I am the worst” of sinners (1 Timothy 1:15). He was “once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man” (v. 13). Like Saul, Eric was just right for Jesus. And so are we, even if we don’t view ourselves in the same league as Saul or Eric, for “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). We’re all just right for Jesus.

By: Arthur Jackson

Reflect & Pray
How do Eric and Saul’s stories help you to see God as a forgiving God? What does it mean for you to be just right for Jesus?

Dear God in heaven, please help me to see that the blood of Jesus cleanses from ‘big’ and ‘little’ sins.