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Precious Jesus



In these times we can become despairing as darkness seems to engulf our world. And yet there is One we can turn to, Jesus. Yes, Jesus, Master, Savior, Lord and God. Hopelessness is hanging on many, but we have Hope itself, Jesus. He is within us (Colossians 1:27), and ever around us. We may not see Him, but He is there. We see not the air we breath, or the wind, or the hidden cells inside our bodies, but we know they are there. Jesus fights for us. Daily He is at the Right Hand of the Father (Acts 7:55-56) pleading for us (1 John 2:1-3), and yet is here inside us (1 John 4:15) at the same time. Jesus speaks to each of us as precious friends, children, and family; He loves us and sees our woe. 

Jesus is our precious Savior. The world and its powers seek to rob people of hope; to sow disillusionment. This is happening to believers through the frailties and failures in the Church, which are used by the enemy to try and erode our Lord Emmanuel’s good name. And yet these powers fail to understand our devotion to Jesus, precious Jesus. Men may fail us, but He has never failed us! Jesus is more than our King, more than our Leader, and more than words. Jesus is the air we breath, God Incarnate who paid our debt to hell and cleanses us in His own blood! Jesus being God did not leave us in our sorrowful state, but took on mortal flesh to be flailed and pierced so that though the hardships of this life may tear at our bodies, and weight on our feelings, our eternal dwelling is settled in heaven,  and we have full access to God the Trinity (Ephesians 2:18, Hebrews 10:19). 

The devil uses trials and troubles to fixate our energies and fears on obstacles. When we should keep our eyes fixed on our Precious Jesus (Hebrews 12:2). We must remember not to let storms obscure the Lord. As Peter took His eyes of Jesus (Matthew 14:30) and sank. Jesus must be precious to us. Yes, we were so dear and precious to Him that he bore our sins while we were his enemies!, “Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him! For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life! 11Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.” (Romans 5:9-11). 


Jesus is Precious. He is more valuable than all the gold and more delightful than all pleasure. He is God and our friend, and every second with Him is paradise: in fact, Paradise is described as being with Him in the flesh always (Revelation 21:3-4). Jesus is precious, He is love (1 John 4:8) and in His presence you will feel completely accepted, completely loved, completely understood, and completely precious. Do not let this world or its prince lure you from you Precious Jesus. Do not be dizzy with the lies of disillusionment the devil is using to destroy disciples, hold fast to Jesus, trust Him and The Scriptures that testify in Matthew to Revelation that Jesus is Precious and worth enduring for (Revelation 14:12, Matthew 24:13). Remember He endured the cross because of the joy set before Him (us), “fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Hebrews 12:2), so let is endure tribulation for the joy set before us; that we may be with our Precious Jesus in paradise and perpetual joy forever! Amen.    

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