JESUS
KNOWS US
I chose
this picture because it's like a child's coloring book, simple and quiet. I
wanted to show that not every choice we make is an ultra-dramatic and Las
Vegas-style, spectacular life-changing
event. Many choices are in the everyday innocent decisions and small choices
that make up an ultimately many-facetted life. Jesus made choices every day
too. He wasn’t a God-robot. He had total
freedom of will to choose just like we
do.
Jesus “was in all points
tempted like as we are” (Heb 4:15). He could have chosen to be disobedient,
just as Lucifer
chose in the beginning.
But rather, Jesus chose to be obedient to God because of
us. He believed in what obedience would bring. He believed in his Father’s goodwill for humanity.
The first chapter of John tells us Jesus was there when God created everything:
elephants, rabbits, tiny neutrons, huge galaxies, mountains, flowers and
everything else—all things for humanity
to explore, utilize and enjoy.
Jesus
knew God’s intention from the beginning. After Adam sinned and the devil began
to have so much influence on earth, Jesus was willing to come to earth and go
up against the devil to rescue men and women from his clutches.
To do this Jesus would
have to beat Satan at every turn. He would have to live as a man and face all
the temptations any man or woman would face. And He had to handle them by
choosing God’s way every time.
He didn’t give in to even
one temptation to make a bad choice.
As we accept Jesus Christ
into our hearts, He gives us the ability to turn to Him for better choices in
every situation. He’s been there.
God was sure Jesus would
do the right thing, but because He loves
us so much, He was willing to let Jesus come to earth and live as a man and
have freedom of will. Jesus could have chosen differently
if He’d wanted to. But because He loved us too, He chose to go through with
God’s plan at every turn. He took the horrible results of every bad decision we
make, and He paid the ultimate price of
death and hell.
Then God raised Jesus pure
and free forever.
Romans 8:34 says Jesus is
at the right hand of God, now living to make intercession for us. He is also
right here with us to help us with our choices and Colossians 1:27 says we have
Christ in us. How can He be in so many places at once? He’s Spirit
and even the scientists now are proving that things can be in two places at
once. It’s awesome.
Just like Jesus had
decisions to make, let’s make an effort to give God honor by making good
decisions ourselves and when we honestly don’t know what choice to make, take
it to Jesus
because He always knows the best choice at that time. He’s been through it. He took our place on the
cross so that He could always be there to help us.
Love, Carolyn
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