Daily Devotions
Who Is Jesus?
Reading for January 22: Exodus 21-23
Weekly reading for January 14-20: Matthew 15-19
Title: Who Is Jesus?
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray.
Matthew 18:12-13
There is no other important thing about us than what we think about Jesus. As we begin our week at work or at school today, I wanted to help us start off our week by pondering a simple question: Who is Jesus?
He is the Almighty (Genesis 17:1), the Creator (1 Peter 4:19), the Holy One of Israel (Isaiah 49:7).
He is the Lord of all (Acts 10:36), the Lord of glory (1 Corinthians 2:8), the Lord of hosts (Haggai 1:5), the Lord of lords (1 Timothy 6:15), the Lord our righteousness (Jeremiah 23:6).
He is the Alpha and the Omega (Revelation 22:13), the Cornerstone, God over all (Romans 9:5), the Ancient of Days (Daniel 7:19), the Eternal God (Deuteronomy 33:27), the I AM (Exodus 3:14), the Author of Life (Acts 3:15).
He is a Consuming Fire (Hebrews 12:29).
He has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand and marked the heavens with a span (Isaiah 40:12). He rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will (Daniel 4:25).
When he roars the pastures mourn and the tops of mountains wither (Amos 1:2). When he treads on the high places of the earth the mountains melt under him and the valleys split open like wax before the fire (Micah 1:3-4).
His judgments are unsearchable and his ways are inscrutable (Romans 11:33). His thoughts and ways are high above us, higher than the heavens above the earth (Isaiah 55:8-9).
He is transcendent. He inhabits eternity. His name is Holy (Isaiah 57:15).
He is all of this and more. What's perhaps most amazing about our Lord is that he cares about us, and he does so individually. He loves me. He listens to me when I pray to him. He is intensely interested in my problems. He knows me and cared enough to leave heaven to come to earth as a man and suffer. Yes, He even went to the cross and died for me (Galatians 2:20).
Holy, holy, holy Lord Jesus, we don't know why you love us, but we're so thankful you do!
