What you know

It is the greatest privilege to know that Jesus Christ is the son of God ~

This realization was imparted to me by the Holy Spirit of God, as I came to understand that the privilege and blessing of God not only encompasses the blessed inheritance that I have in Jesus, but the grace of God towards me also abides in the sure knowledge of who Jesus is.

Oh that people of God today will know the value of that which they have! I believe that we do not truly understand the incredible privilege it is to be possessors of this truth. Many of us are like blind men who have in our fists stones of diamond but still walk around begging for food because we either do not know the value of what we have, or are devoid of the wherewithal to put it to good use. Many of us do not know the value of what we know.

What is this thing that we know and why is it such a valuable privilege? I have heard it said that familiarity breeds contempt, meaning that the more familiar you get with something or someone the more we take the thing or person for granted.

For many the idea of Jesus Christ as the Son of God is something that has always been an awareness: Either as something they believed or something they knew that others believed. For others still it is even a staple of their childhood. This familiarity has caused us to become easy with the truth. As time goes by the fact that Jesus Christ is the Son of God ceases to be the breathtaking, headshaking, heart-stopping, awe-inspiring truth that it should be. Further still, the knowledge stops there and does not take root into the significance of his divinity and the mercy of the impartation of this truth to his people on earth.

This occurred to me as I read the first Chapter of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.
In it Paul tells the Church in Ephesus of God’s plan for creation through Jesus:
“Having made known unto us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him. Ephesians 1:9-10

THE FOCAL POINT OF CREATION = JESUS

Brothers and Sisters the formula above is the cause of the excitement in me and the driving force of my life.

You see in the passage above Paul tells the Ephesians that God according to his good pleasure has revealed a mystery to us…that in the fullness of time he will gather together all things in Christ- both things in heaven and on earth.

You see all of creation bears witness to the truth that Jesus Christ is Lord because all things were made through him.

Understand that Jesus is the word of God which God spoke when he said “Let there be light” and there was light Genesis 1:3

Understand that Jesus is the word of God of which John said “In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that was made. John 1:1-3

Brothers and Sisters, there is nothing that God created in those seven days that was created without Jesus. It was all through Jesus. Even the creation of man: Adam. Understand that you were created through Jesus Christ…

And yet it is a mystery. To the Ephesians Paul “Having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure”.

You see God has chosen to reveal this truth to us at this time and what an honor and privilege it is.

The Privilege:

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise. Hebrews 11:39

Brothers and Sisters it is a privilege because there are many who do not know that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the focal point of all creation. It is a privilege because even the Jewish leaders in the bible plotted against Jesus even as they read prophecies about him to the people on the Sabbath day, not knowing that they persecuted him of whom they spoke.

O my God! How can I make people see that in Hebrews 11 Paul speaks of all those who kept the faith and died not receiving the promise “because God had provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect” he was talking about the privilege we have in this knowledge of Jesus.

My friends, all those people that Paul mentioned as having kept the faith but not receiving the promise…Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Gedeon, Barak, Samson, Jephthae, David, Samuel among others…all the prophets….none of these people could get down on their knees in their lifetime and say “Thank you Jesus!” None of them in their lifetime could pray “In Jesus’ name” because they did not know what we know now. The mystery of Jesus was not revealed to them in their lifetime.

My friends, our father Abraham to whom the lord said “In thy seed shall all the nations of the world be blessed” could not get down on his knees and say “Jesus is lord” because Jesus had not been revealed – Well now he has and now you can.

And so in light of this knowledge what do we do? Do we get familiar with it and merely acknowledge and respect it, or do we go further still and adore it, bless God for it and let this truth flow out of our lives and unto others?

I sincerely believe that if every Christian recognized the value of this truth there would be a great overflow of love in the world as we go to extraordinary lengths to spread this truth.

May this be your portion in Jesus name: To cherish this truth that God has placed in your heart. To share it with those he places on your path.

God has chosen our generation as possessors of an everlasting truth. And in the words of Jesus himself: To whom much is given much is expected.

My brother, my sister...much is expected of you…you will not be found wanting in Jesus’ precious name. I love you. Remain blessed.