Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
John 14:6, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
God established a relationship with His Son, and then He took that relationship and put it into our heart.
Now, Christ is my relationship with the Father.
This is the meaning of John 14:6 where Jesus revealed that no one can come to the Father except through Him.
In other words, He is the One who exclusively has a relationship with the Father.
Christ being my relationship with the Father is also the meaning of Galatians 4:6, where the Spirit of His Son is sent forth into our hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”
Based upon these facts, we need to reevaluate the source of our relationship with God.
Is Christ the source of our relationship with God?
Or are we the source?
Instead of considering how our relationship with God is and how well we are doing, we need to consider how His relationship with God is, and how well He is doing.
To look at our feelings, our condition, our day, our history, or our prospects for the future is to be in the wrong realm.
As long as we remain in the realm of our self and our relationship with God, we will invariably fall into the pit of discouragement and condemnation.
Our relationship with God is not in the realm of ourselves.
Our relationship with God is Jesus Christ.
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
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