Knowing Jesus

"I'm not going to get into the white house tomorrow because I walk up to the gate and tell everybody 'I know George Bush.' But they will let me in if George Bush comes out and says 'I know Paul Washer.' ~Paul Washer

It's about Jesus knowing you, not you knowing Jesus. What good is it if you go around telling people that you are a Christian and that you accepted Jesus into your heart? What if, instead, we go around telling people that we are sinners and that Jesus yet chose to love us, even to the point of death, and that he is willing to do the same for everyone? Remember that it will all come down to nothing if you get to heaven some day and God says 'I never knew you, depart from me.'

It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. ~Philippians 1:20 (ESV)
 

It's hard to act like Christians around other people, especially non-believers. It's even harder to act like Jesus around them. And yet, God asks us to profess Him in such a way that others will mistake us for Jesus. Why then is it so hard? Don't we naturally talk about that which is most important to us? By talking about other things or even by neglecting conversation with others altogether shows them that what is most important to us really has nothing to do with them. It shows that we don't care for anything or anyone but ourselves. The most likely reason Jesus is absent in our outward character is because we don't know Him well enough personally. Or maybe you feel like you have a strong connection with Him and you speak with Him on a daily basis but somehow lack the strength to talk about Him at work. That just shows how much more time you should be putting into your relationship with Jesus. There is no standard of time for prayer and nobody but you and Him will know how sincerely and how often you worship. Let's all commit this week to seeking Him more and more until it's all we talk about!