Nov 30, 2018
Praise to Him who
loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a
kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father. Rev 1:5, 6
We were made for God's
purposes, not Him for ours.
Revelation 1 is an incredible picture of Jesus that’s beyond
human words. John tries to describe
Jesus, and does his best to help us understand His holiness and power. As you read that picture, you have to be
amazed at Jesus --- this is not the same Jesus born in a manger or traveling
the back hills of Judea. But notice what
is NOT talked about – John isn’t talking about himself. When you come into contact with Jesus, you’re
not thinking about yourself.
When you see Jesus, you stop seeing yourself. Seeing Jesus will make us see our sin, and
make us see His purposes. All of our
plans and goals look like fools play compared to the purposes of God. All of our good works look like rubbish
compared to His holiness. Seeing Jesus
changes everything.
The problem is that people see the works of God, but haven’t
seen Jesus. Some play the game of God
without knowing Him, and start thinking that’s good enough. But when you see the Real Jesus, those
substitutes don’t matter any more.
Can you imagine John looking to pursue a bigger house or
better retirement plan after seeing THIS Jesus?
No way! He was exiled on an
island, and all John wanted to do was get the word out about how different
Jesus is now. He wrote the Revelation,
along with a few profoundly powerful letters, to get the word out that God’s
purposes matter, and ours don’t. John
realized that life was about fulfilling God’s purposes, not our purposes, after
you come to know Jesus.
Read and study that picture of Jesus from Revelation 1. Put yourself in the place of John, and
consider what God wants you to do after you see Jesus like he did. You might just discover a whole new plan for your
life, and might just open yourself to the power of God.
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