This Is Our Jesus

"That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in haven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Philippians 2:10-11)


When the prophets try to describe for me the attributes, the graces, the worthiness of the God who appeared to them and dealt with them, I feel that I an kneel down and follow their admonition: "He is thy Lord - worship thou Him."

He is fair and He is kingly, yet He is gracious in a sense that takes nothing away from His majesty.

He is meek, but it is the kind of meekness that likewise takes nothing away from His majesty.

The meekness was His humanity. The majesty was His deity. You find them everlastingly united in Him. So meek that he nursed at His mother's breast, cried like any baby and needed all the human care that every child needs.

But He was also God, and in His majesty He stood before Herod and before Pilate. When He returns, coming down from the sky, it will be in His majesty, the majesty of God. Yet it will also be the majesty of the Man who is God.

This is our Lord Jesus Christ. Before His foes, He stands in majesty. Before His friends, He comes in meekness.

Lord, I praise You for both Your majesty and Your meekness. You are my King and my friend. Amen

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Surrender to the Irresistible Charm

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (John 1:1)

There is only one Man whom we can trust to follow. That Man is Jesus Christ. Why is He different from any other person? Why do I refuse to follow other people, and yet follow this Man? Of no other person can it be said, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1). "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth" (1:14). Of no other person from Adam to now can it be said, "His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:6). Of no one else can it be said that three days after He had gone into the grave He rose again.

This is the King of glory, this Man; and this Man is the one who says, "Give yourself to Me. Surrender to Me and concentrate upon Me. Be caught in the spell of the irresistible charm."

Lord, when I really see Jesus as the Scripture describes Him, it isn't hard for me to follow and surrender to Him. May I become caught up in the irresistible delight of who Christ is. Amen

~A. W. Tozer~