Jesus is about REAL life

By: Fred Reid

Jesus is the king of kings and Lord of Lords, He is the lover of our souls, the savior of the world, He is the word of God that was slain from the foundation of the world, but He is also about real life. By this I mean Jesus is there for the people that find themselves in some REAL situations. Like when some unexpected expenses come up and you don’t know how you are going to cover them so you have to make a real life decision, are you going to do something croquet to get some money or will you wait for Him to tell you what to do and trust that He HAS provided for you. Or when you have neglected the word and now have a baby on the way and are considering abortion, or instead of a baby you have an STD, or when you are really depending on somebody to come through for you in a major way and not only do they not help you they actually try to make these worst for you! All of these are situations in which you NEED Jesus, and fortunately He is about that life!

Then why write this devotional?

From what I’ve noticed, the persona given to Jesus in the modern day church is something more closely related to someone that is all powerful, all loving but somehow too holy to deal with dirty people. I think this is mainly because church folk forget where they come from in an attempt to feel worthy of heaven but we’ll save that for another day. But do you see the problem here? If the drug addict really wants a way out of that lifestyle but Jesus is portrayed as someone that would not want to deal with him until the addict cleans up his lifestyle on his own some…where is the hope? Or better yet, if you are too embarrassed by satan’s latest device that you have entertained to pray to God for help you will be stuck forever! So it is on my heart to reiterate that though He is the epitome of holiness, Jesus loves to deal with broken people. That’s what He was made for!

As already previously stated in other devotionals I LOVE that fact that the Father is mighty in battle! He knows that there is a war going on, in my mind, in my flesh, in my heart and He is not only willing to along my side but also He is MIGHTY in the fight. So if you are in a fight and not including Jesus….I don’t get it.

I need some scriptures to back me up though right?

Matt 11:28-30 Jesus says to come unto Him all those who have everything put together and are  just waiting to get into heaven, wait that’s not it. He said those who have got a little knowledge about righteousness and are ready to condemn others that are struggling with things, nah that’s not right either. He actually said those that labour (not sit around hoping) and are heavy laden…take my yoke upon…and you shall find rest unto YOUR SOUL for my yoke is easy and my burden is light! You don’t get heavy laden and in need of rest from having the good life where everything is constantly going right…nah those are symptoms of someone who is stressed, worried and possibly about to give up. THIS is who Jesus asks to come to Him. The people that most folk want to avoid because they tired of hearing them complain and what not.

Luke 15:1-8 and Matthew 18:11 expressly state that Jesus has come to save the lost and go after those who can’t find the way to salvation.

Finally Matthew 20:28 says that just came to minister not to be ministered to, and to give His life as a ransom for ours. I just really wanna drive home that fact that whatever situation you find yourself in Jesus is right there beside waiting to show you the way out. If the way out has some opposition and requires a little fighting, that ok because the Lord is mighty in battle. If you have done some hideous things that you never thought you’d do or you are too embarrassed to tell anyone else, Jesus is not surprised because He already knows everything, not only is He still interested in helping but He request your presence, He ASKS that you bring Him that mess! And ultimately He died so that God would punish Him for your sin instead of you having to take that punishment yourself. This is why He is WORTHY to be praised!