“THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NAME IN THE WORLD IS JESUS!” 2-10-17

“(Hebrews 12:2 NKJV) “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”  What this all means is this: Jesus took upon Himself all the shame and despise that we have carried through misadventures of ours, that we did not know any better, and where sin invaded our camps undetected.  Jesus was disliked by those in authority who despised and shamed Him in front of the multitude of Jews who at first followed Jesus, wanting to be close by Him and to receive the benefits He could give them, but denied Him when they found out He was not going to rebel against the authority of the Romans in their town of Jerusalem.  People may follow Jesus for a short time when things are good, but when things don’t turn out as they would have thought, they retreat back to their old ways.

We must never turn back to our old ways of living, but, “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God,” we too can be sitting in wait for Jesus to complete all His promises to us with joy.  We can endure as Jesus endured the cross – which is a symbol of suffering, because He is the finisher of our faith when the completion is set before us of the long awaited miracle before our very eyes.  Jesus is the only way, truth, and life we need to live by, and all else is meaningless without His authority in our lives, for God is and God will provide, when least we expect it, and in the form we could never imagine possible, but He is the Creator of all things, and can do all things for our advantage, and what God gives, God gives for keeps, and where God guides He does provide for, and what God provides, He cares for.  So let’s affirm with faith solely on Jesus to do His part, and we do our part in our life to remain joyful until the end of the matter, by affirming out loud – “I am looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God, as I have with Him in all that I do and say to be mindful that Jesus is my Lord and my Saviour, Amen!”