Posts Tagged ‘enjoying Jesus’
Open Eyes, Open Ears, Captured Lives
Our eyes have been opened to see the surpassing greatness of Jesus. Our ears have been opened to hear the magnitude of Jesus’ invitation. Our lives have been captured by the beauty of Jesus’ commands. These ideas were the basis of Peter’s greeting in his first letter:
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. – 1 Peter 1:3-10
When we choose to be Jesus’ disciples we are given a new birth and enter into His family. This is a constant source of joy in our lives, it gives us hope in the face of every circumstance, and it energizes us as we serve to build his Kingdom.
