May 1, 2009

“Because he looked death in the face and didn’t flinch, because he embraced the company of the lowest. He took on his own shoulders the sin of the many, he took up the cause of all the black sheep.” Isaiah 53:12 The Message

Why would anyone want the JesusLife…?

Because he looked at all the dead places in your life and didn’t flinch … Because he embraced the lowest parts of your life and the lowest of the low … Because he “took up” the cause of every man or woman who has felt:  left out — not good enough — less than — living in the shadows — suffocated by rejection. That’s why The Major spent his life traveling the world telling everyone that “only Christ can live the Christian life because He is the Christian Life.” It is the Life you cannot live on your own and the only Life that will make you truly alive. It is the only Life that will deepen your marriage with a love neither can claim above the other. It is the only Life you will ever want! If you’ve been gripped by his grace .. loved completely in the deepest and darkest places of your life .. heard him call you to leave what has gripped you in fear and shame and to “Follow Me” … then you know that there is only One Life worth living … Life in Christ. Because it only takes a moment …

“Because of that obedience, God lifted him high and honored him far beyond anyone or anything, ever, so that all created beings in heaven and on earth — even those long ago dead and buried — will bow in worship before this Jesus Christ, and call out in praise that he is the Master of all, to the glorious honor of God the Father.” Philippians 2:9-11 The Message

Ken Chester: Grace-Gripped is sent M-F to Followers of Jesus (ken@priorityone.org)