Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler

June 14, 2016

Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler

“For while we live, we are always being given up to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may be made visible in our mortal flesh.”

2 Corinthians 4:11 (NRSV)

Throughout this week make it your goal to be continually aware of the presence of Jesus in your life. How do you that? First, remember “The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you” (Romans 8:11a). Your can initiate a conversation with the Holy Spirit that gives you the opportunity to have an active awareness of Christ’s presence in your life.

Sometime this week you may find yourself in the grip of adverse circumstances. You may be so perplexed you don’t know what to do, or how to pray. Good. All you need to do is whisper, “Abba I need you” and you will experience the Holy Spirit praying for you with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. As you relax in the presence of the Risen One, a smile will engulf your face because you will know that God is working your circumstances for good. At that very moment God is forming Christ within you. (See Romans 8:26-29 & Galatians 4:19)

Sometime this week you may find yourself at a gathering of friends for a BBQ or fish fry. You may want to shout, “Laissez les bon temps rouler.” Go ahead, but as you do, remember Jesus at the wedding at Cana (John 2).  I suspect Jesus may have had a twinkle in his eyes as the Wine Steward took a sample of the new wine to the bridegroom. Jesus may have said to himself, “Let the good times roll.”

A simple exercise like this, just remembering Jesus, will enable you to be given up to death for Jesus’ sake, which is Paul’s way of saying that we die to self-interest. When we do, the life of Jesus may be made visible in our mortal flesh.

I think it really is this simple. As we remember the teachings of Jesus in the everyday events of our life, we can have an active awareness of Jesus showing himself strong in our life. Then the good times really will roll.

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.