The One Jesus Who Is Greater Than All

When I wake up in the morning and I do not want to get out of bed... I get up because of Jesus. When the morning makes me want to scream and give up... I drink another cup of coffee and go to work for Jesus. When I can't seem to find the rhythm of the day and everything seems harder than it should be... it is because I did not commune with Jesus. When I fail and do not do what I should, or do what I should not do... I feel miserable because I know that people connect me to Jesus and I have made him look bad. When I succeed and do well or do right... I thank Jesus and I give praise to Jesus because it is His grace that has made it so. When I say harsh or vulgar words, I am ashamed because I know that Jesus has not spoken in vain and His word will stand forever and I am not a perfect man but He is a perfect God. When I am too tired to go on, I pray to Jesus who is the source of all my strength. When I have a question I ask Jesus because He is the truth and a fear of Him is the beginning of all knowledge. When I am in trouble I go to Jesus because he is my deliverer. When I am sick I go to Jesus. When I am healthy I go to Jesus. When I am perplexed I go to Jesus. When I am confident I go to Jesus. When I have money I go to Jesus. When I am poor I go to Jesus. When I see the way I give thanks to Jesus. When I am in the fog I beg for the mercy of Jesus. In all things and in all ways I can only go to Jesus. He is my savior. He is my Lord. He is my rock. He is my Judge. He is my deliverer. Jesus brought me into this world and Jesus will lay me down in the grave that He has chosen and prepared for me. His rebuke is better than all the blessings of mine enemies. His name, the name of Jesus, is greater than all names. No one is like Him. He is the Alpha and the Omega. He is the beginning and the end. He has never left me nor forsaken me- though I was a scoundrel and a shame to His holy name. Let all praise and glory and honour be unto my Lord Jesus. The war I fight, the war with myself, will be won and is being won by Jesus. Amen.

Every Tear

In Revelation 21:1-8 it says:

21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place [1] of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, [2] and God himself will be with them as their God. [3] 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

5 And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” 6 And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. 7 The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. 8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

I long for that day. Paul Washer has noted that on the day Jesus Returns every thing you wondered about the end-times will be made known to you- but the Gospel will never be fully known, understood, or comprehended. We may think on it a thousand years and still not understand What Jesus has done in its fullness. Truly no one is like Him. All my praises fall short.