My Savior

Can I get an amen to that! Jesus is my SAVIOR! not my religion. One of the most amazing things about Jesus is He doesn't want my religion. My church is currently doing a series called "Jesus is.." so I will be doing another post on a summary of that, but for now I wanted to share this. Jesus wants my/your relationship. I could speak theological madness for hours on end till I'm blue in the face, but that's not want Jesus seeks and expects.

It says so clearly in the Bible that Jesus wants our heart. This is sometimes difficult for me. I sometimes feel as if I have to memorize bible verses, and study the bible. And by no means, don't get me wrong, those are great things to do! But, Jesus clearly states that on the day of judgement people who believe that they are going to go to heaven will hear Jesus say to them, "depart from me, for I never knew you." Though I'm obviously not Jesus, and I really have no idea, I would speculate that those people, would be those who did not have a relationship with Christ. I would speculate, that those would be people in church who were just going through the motions. Those people who never truly surrendered their life to Christ.

When I saw this picture it reminded me so much of my upbringing in church. I was raised in a church where I felt like Jesus wanted my religion, not my relationship. Because of this I never experienced Jesus. I went to church 17 years and never as much as felt like Jesus was anything tangible or anything real at all.

Through those 17 years there was a void in my life only Jesus could satisfy. Without knowing Him, I searched for Him in all the wrong places. Mostly, in empty relationships. When all those failed I always would wonder why; I would try and complete myself through other people.

When Jesus is the only one who could ever complete me.

So once I met Jesus for the first time I realize that He was real! That He cared about me, He wanted what is best for me, that He loves me. That He wants my relationship, not my religion. He wanted me, not my knowledge about Him. He wants me to seek Him. To love Him. To glorify Him.