THINK ABOUT IT

“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”

1 Corinthians 13:12

King James Version

Think about it!  One happy and joyous day, we are going to have the privilege of seeing Jesus face to face.  Carrie E. Breck wrote one of my favorite hymns “Face to Face with Christ, My Savior”.  “Face to face—oh, blissful moment! Face to face—to see and know; Face to face with my Redeemer, Jesus Christ who loves me so.”

Jim Hill wrote a hymn that always brings tears of happiness and joy to me when I hear it “What A Day That Will Be”.  “What a day that will be, When my Jesus I shall see, And I look upon His face, The One who saved me by His grace; When He takes me by the hand, And leads me through the Promised Land, What a day, glorious day that will be.”

Are you shouting with happiness yet?  I will never understand how people can get excited and shout and cheer for their favorite sports team, but never get excited and shout and cheer for Jesus.  Bill Gaither wrote one of my favorite hymns “Get All Excited”.  I love the words in this inspiring and heart touching hymn.

“You talk about people; you talk about things That really aren’t important at all. You talk about weather; you talk about problems We have here at home and abroad. But friend I’m excited about a solution for the world I’m gonna shout and sing! “Jesus Christ is still the King of kings!”  Are you excited yet?  If not, then you don’t know the “KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS”.  To really know someone, you have to spend time with that person. 

If we have time to read the newspaper or watch television then we have time to spend with Jesus.  How do you think He feels when we put everything and everyone ahead of Him?  It breaks His heart.  There are some people who will get up in the early hours of the morning to go fishing but they can’t get up early to go to church.  A man said “Sunday is the only day I have to sleep late” yet this same man gets up early on Sunday to go fishing.

May God have mercy on us if we are hurting our precious Saviour and breaking His heart if we are putting everything and everyone ahead of Him.  Think about it.  Jesus left His home, His Father and all that He had to come to earth to die on the cross for your sins and for my sins.  No one loves you like Jesus loves you and nobody ever will.

Dottie Rambo wrote a beautiful hymn about our precious Saviour “If That Isn't Love”  “He left the splendor of heaven Knowing His destiny Was the lonely hill of Golgotha There to lay down His life for me.”  Why do I get so excited about Jesus?  It is because He is the only One Who never leaves me, not even for a minute and when I do something or say something that hurts Him, I never have to wonder if He will still love me.

May God help us to get excited and tell everyone we see what a wonderful and loving Saviour we are privileged to know and have.  It is a privilege even to say His beautiful Name.  Jean Perry wrote a beautiful hymn about our precious Saviour “That Beautiful Name”.  “The One of that name, my Savior became, My Savior of Calvary. My sins nailed Him there; my burdens He bare. He suffered all this for me.”

If you are reading this devotion, know that Jesus loves you and He loves you unconditionally.  If you are going through a dark valley, tell Jesus.  He cares when you are hurting and He will be faithful to pick you up and carry you until the pain goes away.  O how I love Jesus!  He is the Joy of my heart, the reason I’m living and the reason I get out of bed.

Joanne Lowe

June 12, 2019