Grace to you & peace from God our Father & the Lord Jesus Christ.
“Be Witnesses of Jesus” is July 18’s morning entry from Dr. David Jeremiah’s ‘Turning Points with God: 365 Daily Devotions’.
"To them [His saints] God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." Colossians 1:27
A Greek professor told his class, “You have studied Christ himself, the whole Christ, all of Christ. When you study the Bible, you are studying the Lord himself. For all we know of the Lord is encompassed in these sacred pages.”
It is true that the pages of the Bible contain everything we desire to know about Jesus, with one limitation: experiencing Him. Head knowledge of Jesus can never replace the experiential knowledge you will have of Him when you let those words penetrate your heart. To be sure, one would be hard pressed to find a genuine reader of the Bible who was not moved to a Jesus experience by way of those very words, for they are alive and at work. However, knowing all there is to know about Jesus pales in comparison to seeing a prayer answered in your life or experiencing God’s grace and Christ’s salvation firsthand. It is this intimate knowledge of Him that allows us not only to be witnesses for Jesus but witnesses of Jesus.
As believers, we must always be asking God to work in fresh ways in our lives through Scripture, prayer, and personal experience so that we may be able to personally share Christ with others.
To end, a quote from Unknown, “Knowing the Bible is one thing; knowing the Author is another!”
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
