Who is This Jesus That I Love?

"Behold the man" ... Pilate said.  He was challenging the rioting mob to open their eyes to this man who claimed kinship with God ... who claimed to be King.  Our challenge today remains unchanged ... but the vision of the 'mob' has changed.  They gazed upon a bloodied, tortured, mangled prisoner who was on His way to execution ... but we, the mob of today, who marvel at His testimony, see that same Man bathed in glory!  Hallelujah!

The day that my eyes were opened to Jesus was like none other in my life.  The teaching that I learned as a child had developed within me the understanding of who this Man was and what it was that He had done for me ... sort of ... but my life was changed forever the day that the Holy Spirit opened my eyes to see and my heart to understand that this Man was not only my Savior ... but even more importantly, He was to become the LORD of my life!  Hallelujah!

This Jesus ... in Whom there is no equal.
This Jesus ... in Whom there is the purity of faithfulness, compassion and inexhaustible hope.
This Jesus ... in whose presence my problems 'grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace'.

He is complete in everything that He is and everything that He does.
He completes me ... each of us ... as He shapes us and teaches us to be mirror images of Himself.
Each lesson He taught, every truth He uttered, is used to draw us to the beauty of His beautiful Spirit.

I can't think of Him without first loosing thoughts of myself ... thank You, Lord.  Turning from the realities of this world I am instantly filled with unspeakable joy as I contemplate time spent with Him in the Spirit.  My heart yearns to be totally preoccupied with living in the Spirit ... praying in the Spirit ... hearing, seeing and breathing in the Spirit ... a place of contentment and peace and love beyond description.  A place where paradise is a reality and I am forever united with my LORD.  A place in which my soul and spirit are one with Him.  A place from which I do not want to leave.

We are the apple of His eye and the treasure of His heart.  He takes pleasure in us as we seek to learn who He is and allow Him to guide our every thought.  Father God, I pray that you will ignite the embers of our heart, Lord, to set us on fire to know You ... and be with You ... our Triune God ... Hallelujah, in Jesus' name.
Amen and amen.