Feb. 25: THE REAL DEAL

On this day in your life I want to assert to you that Jesus is the “real deal”. I don’t know what’s happening in your life today; if good or bad, threatening or life shaking, He is the “real deal”. If you have never asked this question about His reality, you need to ask it and you need to know the right answer. For instance, when John the Baptizer was put in prison for preaching a “politically incorrect” message to the King, he knew the next thing that was coming was a beheading. His! So, he sent his friends to Jesus to ask Him “Are you the one who was to come or shall we expect someone else?” (Matthew 11:3 NIV) In crisis times you must know if you have invested your life in the right thing. For most people, Jesus has not been tried and found wanting, He simply has not been tried. Fads and fancies seem easier but let one down in the long haul. James 1:17 (NIV) affirms “every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” The real deal! Hebrews 13: 8 (NIV) proclaims “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” With marriages failing, business failing, careers failing, etc there is no “sure thing”, regardless of how it is decorated. Some things give an “illusion” of permanence but collapse in crunch time. I remember a Chorus that said: “Jesus never fails! Jesus never fails! You might as well get behind me Satan, you cannot prevail. Jesus never fails!” There has never been such a time of fearful living in America, even during the days of the “Cold War”. The threat of terrorism is fed by politicians and the media. Instant news reports of destruction abound daily. You need the one “Real Deal”.

“Father God, in these days of shifting sands, I claim Jesus
as my Solid Rock foundation. You are my Eternal Savior. Amen”