WHEN you lift the son of Man

So Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me". John 8:28

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Earlier this year a friend and I were attending a Bible Study on the Book of John. We read through chapter 8. At verse 28, she paused, clearly awed and then re-read the line. As she read the words again, it touched me the same as my friend.

She and I began attending church together about ten years ago. However, it wasn't until the last few years that both of us have grown to have a personal relationship with our Lord. Church attendance, Bible Study, and participating in activities helps us mature. However, it is our personal relationships with our Lord that means the most to each of us and brings about the most changes in our lives.

If you imagine lifting Jesus, you would not be able to hold or even look at anything else in your life while you are carrying his cross. Our reality is not much different. In our day to day, we must touch him more than anything else no matter who we are with or where we go. Even if it means that we have to let something else go in order to hold onto him. Being intentional and making our position, as close to God as possible, is how we come to know him personally and understand who he really is. 

WHEN YOU LIFT the Son of man THEN you will know....

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Prayer: Father God I prayer for each of us on our walks. Whether or not we feel like we know you, you can take us deeper and help us draw closer in any area. I pray that you turn each of our hearts that much closer to you. I pray that you cover us in protection and in holiness. Let everything we see and know go first through the filter of you.


Submitted to the Upper Room.