Do we need to be reminded again who Jesus is!?!

    • rescued us from the authority of darkness, and transferred us to His kingdom
    • image of the invisible God
    • in Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities
    • He is before all things,
    • in Him all things hold together
    • made peace through the blood of His cross
(Colossians 1)

Like Dr. S.M. Lockridge preached…”That's My King.” But is He really your king…my king? We like to say He is…but is He really? We often don't live like it. We often don't really trust Him with our lives. We refuse to obey His word because of our pride…our feeling too vulnerable…our lack allowing His word to speak to our own hearts and minds. When we understand who our Lord and Savior is…how can we ever have reservations about obeying Him completely…how can we neglect a committed, intense relationship with Him? There is no one greater than Jesus. There is no one who provides us with eternal life than Jesus. There is no one who loves us more than Jesus. There is no one who can protect, deliver, safeguard, guide us through life more perfectly than Jesus. And yet…we live with doubt, anxiousness, defeat, without trust, without hope. In the words of President Biden, “come on man!”

Today's My Utmost for His Highest also confronts us with a similar, “come on man!”

We have to battle through our moods into absolute devotion to Jesus Christ, to get out of the hole of our own experience into abandoned devotion to him. Think about what the New Testament says about Jesus Christ, and then think about the trifling, inadequate faith many of us have. Yet we base our faith not in him but in our experiences. We complain that this or that hasn't happened to us, and we talk about all our difficult things.

We have to continually move beyond our experiences into faith in Jesus Christ. We have to seek the New Testament Jesus Christ—not a prayer meeting Jesus Christ or a book Jesus Christ, but the Jesus Christ who is God incarnate, the Christ whose majesty so overwhelms us that we fall at his feet as if dead (Revelation 1:17).

No wonder the Holy Spirit has such a rugged impatience with unbelief. He knows that all our fears are wicked, and that we fear because we won't nourish ourselves in our faith. How can anyone who is identified with Jesus Christ suffer from doubt or fear! Our lives in him should be psalms of irrepressible, triumphant belief.

When thinking about President Biden's “come on man,” I think about this stinging rebuke: “then think about the trifling, inadequate faith many of us have. Yet we base our faith not in him but in our experiences. We complain that this or that hasn't happened to us, and we talk about all our difficult things.” Knowing who we serve and follow, we should be the most confident, joyous people on the planet. We have to keep reminded ourselves of Jesus' power, love, provision, and direction in our lives when our faith falters and Satan attacks. My prayer for me and you this day is this: Lord, help us to “take up the shield of faith with which we will be able to extinguish all the flaming missiles of the evil one.” Remind us often Who we serve! Amen.

Walk with the King today and be a blessing.