Enjoy Jesus!

October 7, 2015

Enjoy Jesus!

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

John 14:6

In our journey seeking the life in Christ as our way of life, perhaps our most difficult obstacle to overcome is in fully grasping that the way, the truth and the life we are seeking is a person: not principles, procedures or processes. Take time to ponder this. Truth is not a system; it is not a legal principle; it is not the historic creeds of the church; truth is a person.

Just the same, our way to the Father is not through rule keeping or law abiding; our way to the Father is a person. Jesus said, “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly” (John 10:10b NRSV). Don’t look around your life for signs of abundance; abundant life is not in the stuff we accumulate; abundant life is a person!

Yes, this is very difficult to grasp. Nevertheless, we “press on so that (we) may lay hold of that for which also (we were) laid hold of by Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:12 NASB). Remember, Jesus has us in his grip, and he is not going to lose us. (John 10:28-29) Relax, breathe deep, and ask your Heavenly Father to make real to you that EVERYTHING you are looking for is found in the person of Jesus Christ. Jesus is your way, Jesus is the truth, and Jesus is your life.

Enjoy Jesus!

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188.