The Enormity of It All

Meditations for Seeking the Life in Christ

Daily Thoughts 

February 5, 2025

The Enormity of It All

We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life.

1 John 1:1

Read 1 John 1

The enormity of the claims made by the Apostle John can be overwhelming. The basis of the Christian faith he proclaims is a belief that the Creator of the universe desires a personal relationship with humankind. To accomplish this desire, the Creator became a living human being. This human being, Jesus, suffered and died on a cross. Jesus was crucified, dead and buried only to be resurrected from the dead and live again.  And this resurrected human being is God the Creator; . . . well, the enormity of this is overwhelming.

But wait, there’s more! This resurrected God gives an invitation to all human beings to come to Him and to live in unity with Him for all eternity as His pillars of righteousness.

Now, the enormity of it all is truly overwhelming!

Because of this enormity, many people have surrendered to the temptation to reduce God to a more manageable size. At the time John was writing this letter, there was a faction in the church who could not accept that in Jesus, God had really become a human being. John opens this letter with his assurance that Jesus was most certainly fully human. John says that he saw Jesus, he heard Jesus, he touched Jesus and that he had, and is continuing to enjoy, fellowship with God the Father and His Son, Jesus. Hence, the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard came up with the expression, ‘leap of faith’ as a metaphor for a belief in God.

My Takeaway: Yes, the enormity of it all is overwhelming. That just makes it more wonderful when you make the leap of faith into the loving arms of Jesus.

Sē’lah

My book on prayer,

First Think, Then Pray

is now available on Amazon Kindle.

 

(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.

 

Copyright © 2025 by Alex M. Knight

 

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

The Epitome of Hopelessness

Meditations for Seeking the Life in Christ

Daily Thoughts 

February 4, 2025

The Epitome of Hopelessness

 

“Come now, let’s settle this,” says the Lord.

“Though your sins are like scarlet,

    I will make them as white as snow.

Though they are red like crimson,

    I will make them as white as wool.

Isaiah 1:18

Read: Isaiah 1: 2-6

“Listen, O heavens! Pay attention, earth! This is what the Lord says: “The children I raised and cared for have rebelled against me. Even an ox knows its owner, and a donkey recognizes its master’s care— but Israel doesn’t know its master. My people don’t recognize my care for them.” Oh, what a sinful nation they are—loaded down with a burden of guilt. They are evil people, corrupt children who have rejected the Lord. They have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him. Why do you continue to invite punishment? Must you rebel forever? Your head is injured, and your heart is sick.

You are battered from head to foot—covered with bruises, welts, and infected wounds—without any soothing ointments or bandages.” (Isaiah 1:2-6)

Now, read again verse 18 quoted above.

Consider the condition of God’s people, Israel. They had turned their backs to God. They despised the Holy One. Their heads were injured, and their hearts were sick. They were battered from head to foot—covered with bruises, welts, and infected wounds—without any soothing ointments or bandages. The epitome of hopelessness.

Now, read again verse 18 quoted above.

What does it say about the nature of God, that after being despised by his people, He would make their sins, which are like scarlet, as white as snow? What does it say about the nature of God, that he would make their sins, which were red like crimson, as white as wool?

My Takeaway: I find it quite challenging to try and plumb the depths of God’s divine nature. I will go deeper into this tomorrow when we look at how God accomplished His mission to transform His people into pillars of righteousness.

Sē’lah

My book on prayer,

First Think, Then Pray

is now available on Amazon Kindle.

 

(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.

 

Copyright © 2025 by Alex M. Knight

 

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Meditations for Seeking the Life in Christ

Daily Thoughts 

February 3, 2025

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”

And Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

Luke 7:48, 50

Read: Luke 7:36-50 

I am intrigued by the order of events in today’s passage. First, an immoral woman heard Jesus was eating in the home of the Pharisee. She brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume, then she knelt behind him at his feet, weeping. Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. Then she kept kissing his feet and putting perfume on them. (v.37-38)

Next, the Pharisee, who saw the woman clothed in her former sinful life, objected to her touching Jesus. So Jesus tells a story, the point of which was Jesus saw the woman clothed in righteousness.

Interestingly, when Jesus describes the woman’s actions (v. 44-46), she was expressing love and adoration for Jesus first, before he forgave her sins.  Her actions were an expression of perfect worship; Jesus is worthy of our love and adoration because of who he is; not just for what he has done for us.

My Takeaway: This passage reminds me of the song, Blessed Be Your Name, by Matt Redman. A few of the lyrics:

 

Where Your streams of abundance flow, Blessed be Your name

When I'm found in the desert place, 

Though I walk through the wilderness

Blessed Be Your name

Every blessing You pour out, I'll turn back to praise

When the darkness closes in, Lord, Still I will say, Blessed be the name of the Lord

When the sun's shining down on me, 

When the world's 'all as it should be', Blessed be Your name

On the road marked with suffering, 

Though there's pain in the offering, Blessed be Your name

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your name 

Sē’lah

My book on prayer,

First Think, Then Pray

is now available on Amazon Kindle.

 

(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.

 

Copyright © 2025 by Alex M. Knight

 

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.