Jaw-dropping Jewels about Jesus
Rarely does Jesus, God the Son, do exactly what we expect of Him. It seems odd that He so frequently surprises us, given that He never changes. Hebrews 13:8 makes this absolute statement: “Jesus the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” Still, though He is blessedly consistent in His goodness, Jesus does unforeseen things. Even when He does what is expected, He does not always do it in the way that we anticipate. Let us join with Jesus on a jaw-dropping journey. (I will be using this opening paragraph for each of the brief messages in this series. The following material will change daily.)
The return of Jesus Christ is a promise: “I come quickly” (Revelation 22:7, 12, 20). Sometimes we make a commitment and do not keep it, even though we have every intention of doing so. Have you ever said, “I’ll pray for you” – and then forgot to? I have; I try to write down prayer requests because otherwise I might not remember all of them. Our Savior, of course, is different; with Jesus, a promise made is a promise paid. However, His timing is also different from ours. We lack patience, and prophetic fulfillment can seem to be too slow. Even in the first century, skeptics were scoffing, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation” (II Peter 3:4). For almost 2,000 years, people have been saying the same thing…and some people will be saying it on the very day that Jesus comes back! “Let us run with patience the race that is set before us” (Hebrews 12:1) as we await the return of Jesus Christ. When that time comes, we can be certain that everything will happen “quick