Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that
few of you were wise in the world's eyes or powerful or wealthy when God
called you. Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to
shame those who think they are wise. And He chose things that are
powerless to shame those who are powerful. 1 Corinthians 1:26-27
Mostly we’re just nobodies. A few of us
will have our fifteen minutes of fame, like Andy Warhol—but it is not likely
that it will be world-wide fame—maybe just in our community or our neighborhood—or
within our family. My “fame” amounts to about two seconds when my name was read
when I got my Master’s Degree (Environmental Science) and about two minutes of when
I won the Volunteer of the Year Award in an organization to which I belonged.
Not even close to 15 minutes of fame. How many minutes of “fame” have you
experienced? God called us anyway—famous or not.
Jesus had several hours of “fame” as He
died on the cross. People—both followers and scorners—came to see Him die.
Crucifixion was a painful, agonizing, and humiliating death—but it seems that
people came to gawk anyway. Their reaction is recorded in the Gospel of Luke. And when all the crowd that came to see the
crucifixion saw what had happened, they went home in deep sorrow. Luke 23:48.
Jesus appeared to be “powerless” hanging there on the cross. He could have
called on angels to rescue Him—but He didn’t. He obediently became the
sacrifice that His Father…our Heavenly Father…required for the sin of mankind. Jesus
real fame was probably in the power of His resurrection. Without being raised
from the dead His death would have only been a sorrowful time to His followers—but
His resurrection is unique to the Christian religion. No other religious leader
has been resurrected. Jesus is God—as well as being the Son of God, our
Redeemer, Savior, Creator, Healer, Teacher, and friend. One day He will be
instantaneously famous around the world when He comes again—to redeem His
chosen ones.
BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and
every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the
earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen. Revelation 1:7 NASB
Therefore, God elevated Him to the place of
highest honor and gave Him the name above all other names, that at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and
every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:9-11.
Keep your eyes open. Are you ready to bow
your knee—and your heart—confessing that Jesus Christ IS LORD!?
Prayer
~ Lord Jesus, purify our hearts, souls and minds that we would be pure, like You
are pure. That we would live our days in praise and thanksgiving to You—for being
the sacrifice for our sin. We rejoice with You, in You and for You. You alone
are worthy of our praise. Glory be to the Father, to the Son and to the Holy
Spirit.
© 2016 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT)
unless otherwise noted.
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