The Risen Jesus

Revelation‬ ‭1‬:‭13‬-‭18,‬ ‭ESV‬‬

and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength. When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.” 

This is the risen Jesus. 

This is the Jesus we serve. 

This is the One before whom every knee shall bow. 

This is the One whose name every tongue shall confess. 

Who is in our life that needs to know this Jesus? Who is in our life who will wonder why we didn’t tell them? 

Oh Lord, we are in awe of You! Help us not to forget that You were man, but You are GOD. Ignite a fire within us that burns to tell those around us who You are—and give us boldness to seize those moments. Let us see our world, and the people in it, from an eternal perspective, and may an unquenchable spiritual urgency be the result. Amen.