He is God

 DEVOTION

THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES

HE IS GOD

Acts 13:23-25

23 "From this man's descendants God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as he promised. 24 Before the coming of Jesus, John preached repentance and baptism to all the people of Israel. 25 As John was completing his work, he said: 'Who do you think I am? I am not that one. No, but he is coming after me, whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.'

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We have come to the line of David where both Mary and Joseph are found. Jesus came to earth in the form of man to be the Savior of the world. Jesus is God incarnate, God himself in the form of a man whom God created in their own image. It is interesting the triune God was present at the creation of all which is created. Although we have this somewhat mystical view of God, not fully understanding the three distinct persons of the Godhead, and we are told that Jesus is fully divine and yet he is fully man, have we lost the fullness of our reverence? That is, have we become too casual in our relationship with the Lord? We notice that John the Baptist, being what might be said as a special person, gifted by God for a special task, was overwhelmed at the arrival of Jesus, the one he was sent ahead of to announce his arrival in the world. John held the opinion of himself as nothing but a servant, and that he was unworthy to untie the sandals of Jesus. Again, have we lost that kind of insight into the power of God in the person of Jesus? Do we spend too much time thinking in terms of being a friend of God rather than being His people created to have fellowship with Him? Sometimes it seems that we simply add Jesus to our lives, making him a part of our daily routines, instead of making our lives a part of Jesus. If we live in Christ, it would seem right that we live as Christ. That is our whole lives are Christ, everything in our life should be Christ. Yes, we have to work, and do the normal mundane things of living, grocery shopping, putting gas in the car, washing clothes, cooking, cleaning, all that normal daily stuff, but does that mean we leave Jesus stranded at church? Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to dwell within us forever, and a certain amount of fear also comes upon us. Having the almighty creator of all things dwelling within our being should send chills up our spine, however, maybe we have lost that chill, that awesome reverence, that hyper-spiritual sense of knowing God is with us. Do we honestly believe we are worthy because we are a child of God? John did not think himself worthy enough to untie the sandals of Jesus, yet, all our worthiness is tied to Jesus. Let us see God as God and ourselves as who we are, His children, loved by Him beyond measure, but at the same time understanding God is the Almighty, all-powerful, all-knowing, ever-present divine being, who holds all things together by his word. Let us not get too comfortable, too at ease in our relationship with Jesus because He is God.