Let's review the accounts of Jesus' last days. Who do you relate to?
- Do you relate to the Centurion soldier. Who watched, wondered, and then upon placing his spear in His side, the earth shook.
- Do you relate to Mary Magdalene, the first to see Jesus. The one whose past was rough, yet her redemption was epic.
- Do you relate to Peter who denied Jesus yet when he heard that Jesus had risen from the grave, he ran to the tomb!
We can all place ourselves in the sandals of many of the central figures in this account. What if I told you, The spark that was experienced by those followers of Jesus back then impact us just as much today? Because of what they experienced, it started the church.
What they experienced they responded to.
We can experience a lot of moments, things, emotions, and events. It how respond to the event that makes the difference. This is true in a lot of things in our life.
To respond to Jesus is what we can't miss. Many people know about Jesus. They may have seen a billboard, a t-shirt and even heard a song. But the response it what matters.
A personal relationship is what we are called to respond to. But as I shared the other day, we are invited to share that hope because of who Jesus is in our life. Nothing more important. Nothing more significant.
The Apostle Paul in Philippians 3:12-13 wrote these words
“Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14 NIV
Respond to your experience with Jesus
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