JESUS AS LORD

By Rick Mathes

Colossians 2:6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,

The Word teaches that many perish for lack of knowledge. We need to be taught and that also puts a responsibility on us to hear, listen, learn, apply and evaluate. Knowledge is the handmaid to wisdom and there is no better place to begin but to go back to the beginning from time to time to refresh ourselves in the Lord.

Walk as you did when you first received Jesus as your Savior and Lord. Your knees were close to the ground and your cheerful and tearful praises were heard in heaven loud and clear. Keep a close look out here. Satan will do all he can to trip you up and have you fall. It’s easy to be a Christian when it’s easy. We will learn how deep your love is when you are under temptation and persecution from every direction.

Be rooted deep in good soil. It’s interesting to learn the secret of the California Redwoods that have lived for so many hundreds of years. They are not only rooted in good soil but they are rooted together. By holding on to each other some have held up in good health from the time when Jesus walked the earth. So it is with the Body of Christ. By having deep faith and holding on to each other, we will cross the finish line and be trophies of the Lord on His showcase in glory.

The building of believers into a powerful church isn’t measured by numbers, power or money. We are built up in each other living brick by living brick. Each of us is placed exactly as the Lord would have us. He also shapes us and that is sometimes very painful. He just keep chipping off those parts that are not in His image and likeness and that makes us go “Ouch!”

Were we are rooted and built up we are out front for all to see that we are born again Christians. Everyone I come into contact with each day knows for sure I am a Christian. I enjoy asking them, “How is your walk with the Lord?” This establishes me solidly as His and all know it.

The biggest flashing yellow light along this journey to glory is the devil’s deceptions. Satan is only a created creature that trembles at the mention of Jesus. Darkness cannot overcome the light. Remember that and then you will understand that when Jesus is your Lord, the light within you will light the universe!