Your Jesus

One of Danny's high school teachers said something to me I will never forget: "I do not want my students to just regurgitate answers on tests."  I get it, and she made her point mostly with the word regurgitate.

 

What is Jesus to you?  That question deserves way-more than a quick automated -- a regurgitated -- answer.  Nonetheless, that's usually how we answer.  Those auto-answers may well be correct: to save us from our sins – yes, to pay our sin debt – yes, to give us eternal hope and a place in heaven – yes. All good answers, but consider [if you will] just how personal Christ is in your day-to-day, moment-to-moment. "More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation." (Romans 5:11).  You see, real Christianity will show just how real Christ is in our lives.  As much as we understand and have experienced of that verse is really what Jesus is to us.  Paul says in 2 Corinthians 4 that God has “shone in our hearts … in the face of Jesus Christ.” (V.6).  Very simply, our lives will not reflect Godliness if we don't know Christ – that is, have a personal relationship with Him!  He must be that indescribable gift (2 Corinthians 9:15), radiance of God's glory and exact imprint of The Father (Hebrews 1:3) at the core of our lives.  To know God we must first know Jesus Whom God “hath in these last days spoken unto us [by His Son” (Hebrews 1:2).  If Jesus isn't real – a vital part – in our day-to-day and moment-to-moment, we have work to do!  Let’s visit our Bethlehem this season, and consider the Savior.  Find in Him the Treasure of Christmas!