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Here’s a little, yet awesome revelation illustrating that life is all about – JESUS. In Mat 14 there is recorded a second storm at sea, with the disciples in a boat. Jesus appears, walking on the water. It’s likely you know the rest – about Peter and his walking on the water – for awhile. But did you notice in vs 33, after Peter and Jesus got into the boat, that it says, “And those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “You are certainly God’s Son!”
In the 1st storm they wondered what sort of man this was who had authority over nature. This is the FIRST recorded instance that the disciples actually worshipped Jesus as God’s Son, Savior, Messiah. John records yet another miracle here. It’s in John 6:21, “So they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and IMMEDIATELY the boat was at the land to which they were going.” IMMEDIATELY.
Can you connect the dots? “Worship Jesus — in the midst of your storm — see Him as Son of God, your SAVIOR — this is your destination in life.” Another way to see it, “Our goal in life, of everyone’s life, is to see Jesus as who He is, and worship Him. In doing so we will – have arrived!
I’ve been sharing chapter titles from “A Violent Grace” by Michael Card, but today’s thought though isn’t quite a chapter title. It is, “He was crowned with thorns, so we could be receive a robe of righteousness.” In Genesis 3, after the fall, God states the ground will no longer yield an effortless abundance, but thorns and thistles, and we will have to labor for a good harvest. At Calvary we see Jesus with that crown of thorns – thorns, the symbol of sin, being roughly thrust upon Him.
2 Cor 5:21 in the Amplified says, “He made Christ who knew no sin to [judicially] be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we would become the righteousness of God [that is, we would be made acceptable to Him and placed in a right relationship with Him by His gracious lovingkindness].”
Today my friend, see Jesus wearing that crown of thorns – becoming king of sin – our sin – so we would be acceptable to God and placed in right relationship with Him – without regard to our performance, FOR ALL TIME. Shout for joy — and COME ALIVE!
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