There's no two ways about it, Jesus is simply the most amazing person to ever live on this planet. Even before He walked the streets of Jerusalem He was doing astounding things. Creating everything for example, that was pretty cool.
I had the immense privilege of speaking at a B.B. enrolment recently and decided to talk about when Zacchaeus met Jesus. Of course Zac was pretty small which proved to be a problem when trying to catch a glimpse of the Author of Creation when He came to town.
Why? Because of the crowd. Yes, not surprisingly, a crowd had gathered around Jesus because he had been doing amazing things. Just to make sure everyone was still awake I asked the boys in the B.B. for examples of some of the amazing things Jesus had been doing. A little Anchor Boy raised his hand. Eager to hear the child acknowledge the wonders of Jesus I scurried over to him, microphone in hand and repeated the question, 'What amazing things had Jesus been doing?'
He looked me in the eye and said confidently...
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It was funny so we all laughed but that little boy summed up very nicely the danger a lot of us face. We find the mundane distractions of this world so thrilling that we overlook the genuine awesomeness of Jesus Christ. We are far more impressed that Gary Lightbody can sing almost a whole song in tune or that Mrs Gaga (she's no lady) can walk about in her knickers bleating on about some Spaniard (not that I have any problem with Spaniards) or that a over-groomed footballer can do keepy-uppies while tweeting quotes from Chaucer than we are that Jesus, God the Son, after creating the world and all that's in it should come into His creation, suffer and die in order that the same ones who rebel against Him may not only go free but live eternally in paradise with Him!
Open your eyes to the true wonders of this universe and praise the name of Jesus.
Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.
Psalm 17:7
Love it, Phil. This is something I've been thinking about this week so, nice one!
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