It is sometimes difficult for us to comprehend that we are called into relationship with Our Lord. This is no ordinary relationship. He is God. We are so clearly not. We are comfortable with “balance of power” in relationships. He is all powerful. We are powerless. We understand that a good relationship is mutually beneficial. He offers us everything. It seems we have nothing to offer. We know that good communication is the life blood of relationship. We can’t see Him, hear Him or even really understand what He is really like. To sum it up: the relationship is an impossible one unless He has done a super-natural work in us.
So in addition to all the ways that our relationship with Jesus is obviously different from others, it is principally different in that it is only possible because He make it so.
Review the Sermon on the Mount. Christ describes something seemingly impossible; but assures us that it is at hand. The Sermon on the Mount is not some unattainable goal; it is a statement of what will happen in me when Jesus Christ has changed my nature by putting His own nature in me. Jesus Christ is the only One who can fulfill the Sermon on the Mount.
Jesus says, “You did not choose Me, but I chose you. . .” (John 15:16). That is the way the grace of God begins. Our selection starts with Him. Our salvation starts with Him. Our relationship starts with Him, is made possible by Him and is sustained to heavenly bliss by Him.
Ain’t He great.
Be blessed.
Nick
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