It’s time to just say it. Jesus is God. Jesus is the One True God. Jesus is the Savior of the world. Jesus. Can we proclaim His name out loud for the whole world to know Him? He loves us. He died for us. He gives life, breath, and everything else. Jesus is eternal life. There is no one else who can do for us what Jesus can do. There is no one else who is what Jesus is. Jesus is the true God and eternal life.
For a couple of months now, I’ve been working my way through the book of Isaiah. I’ve always wanted to understand Isaiah more. There are 66 chapters in Isaiah. So far, I’ve read the first 22 chapters. This is not a hurry-up-and-get-it-done reading project for me. This is a year-long deeper dive.
Turns out the book of Isaiah has some pretty tough messages, but also some great words of hope. Isaiah tells us about our history and our future.
What I’m learning is that what we are going through today in present moment is not so unique.
There has always been times of hardship, destruction, and rebellion. But if we focus on that, we will be distraught. We will be afraid. We will be depressed. And we may even give up on hope.
I have some good news to share. His name is Jesus. He is our hope.
Isaiah tells us a lot about Jesus long before He was born. Jesus is the One who redeems. Jesus is the One True God.
We need to proclaim the name of Jesus!
Salvation
We need to remember who Jesus is, focus on Him and what He promises to us. If we confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord and believe in our hearts that God the Father raised Him from the dead, then we are saved (Romans 10:8-10).
We are saved by Jesus. We are free from destruction of sin when we put our faith in Jesus.
We need to proclaim the name of Jesus. He is the One True God. He is eternal life.
“We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.”
(1 John 5:20, NIV)
I can’t think of anything better than being saved from all the destruction of this world and living eternally with Jesus in heaven, which according to the Bible is going to be an amazing place to live. There will be no more sin. There will be no more division. There will be no more riots, violence, and Covid-19. There will be no more human trafficking. There will be no more tears.
People will actually like each other. People will get along with one another. People will help one another. People will rejoice Every. Single. Day. for Jesus. We will worship Jesus. We will sing and dance for Jesus. We will praise Jesus.
We can do all of that now. We don’t have to wait until heaven to live like Jesus wants us to live. We can be in awe of Him now.
Awe of God
Do you know how much focusing on the wonder of Jesus changes you? Just saying His name out loud a few times increases hope. Try it.
We were not created to focus on the horror of the world. Our enemy wants us to, but Jesus says to focus on the good stuff, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. (Philippians 4:8)
I can’t think of anything better to focus on that meets all that criteria than Jesus Himself. He is wonderful, mighty, powerful, loving, kind, and the Savior of the world.
Jesus is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy. Not just in heaven, but right here on earth.
Friends, we need to focus on Jesus. We need proclaim the name of Jesus. The whole world needs to know about Him and how awesome He is.
“We were created to live in the awe of God, not in astonishment of the enemy.”
(The Vision, March 1 Devotion)
Let’s focus on the awe of God!
We need to proclaim the name of Jesus!
I know I’ve encouraged this before. As long as I have breath in my lungs, I will continue to encourage you to focus on the good stuff, to celebrate the power of Jesus, and to proclaim the name of Jesus. We can’t ever stop, friends.
The world in all its trouble, needs Jesus. They need to know about Him. It’s our job to make His name known, to shine His light in this dark and afraid world.
We need to proclaim the name of Jesus!
Call to Action
Today, I have two requests from you:
- Proclaim the name of Jesus. You can do this privately, publicly, or both. I encourage out loud in some way though so that our Enemy hears God’s kids proclaiming the awe of Jesus.
- When you have proclaimed the name of Jesus, please comment. Let’s encourage one another. Let’s see how many of us proclaim the name of Jesus today!
Jesus is my salvation and my hope! He and the enemy heard these words from me today as I sat in my office preparing for my day – thank you for the post to serve as my morning devotion today!
YES!!! Way to go, Christina!
Can you see me dancing? I’m praising Jesus and claiming who He is too, right along with you.
Blessed be the name of the Lord!
Yes, I couldn’t say it better! I love Jesus so so much! He’s our Savior and our hope! I want the whole world to know Him!!!
Sherrill, you have been an inspiration to me in how you let the world know how much you love Jesus. You are not ashamed of His glory and power. Thank you for proclaiming the name of Jesus today with me and so many others!
The Lord is my Savior.
“Father, I thank you that you have heard me.” John 11:41
Yes! Amen! I had to look up John 11:41 for my own reference. Wow, powerful statement from Jesus when He raised Lazarus from the dead. Thank you for sharing, Donna.
Thank you for hearing us, Lord! 🙂
Thank you for this great reminder, Michelle, to focus on my Lord and Savior and not the problems of the world. It’s so easy to do that, but today I am praising the name of Jesus, my Savior, my Lord, the overcomer, the author and perfecter of my faith, the one who holds me, leads me and guides me as I keep by eyes on Him. Thank you, too, for the reminder of heaven and the joys that await us!
Yes and Amen! Julie, all you wrote and claimed, I believe too. Jesus is my Lord and Savior too. We will not be ashamed to tell the whole world how awesome He is. 🙂
And always it’s my pleasure to encourage our thoughts to Jesus and cheer each other on.
Jesus is the answer! We can never hear that enough, Michelle! Especially during this trying time, we need to focus on Jesus & the hope He represents, and not the fear the media keeps throwing at us. Love your message, Michelle!
Amen Cris! I was just thinking today how much Jesus changes everything. He really is the answer to all our problems.
Amen Michelle!! Let’s be in awe of our Lord!!
Yes! God is so good and so holy! May we celebrate how wonderful He is!
Thank you for your message Michelle! I praise the name of Jesus, my Lord and Savior!
Bless you for sharing! I love you blogs!
Thank you, Pamela. My heart is blessed knowing my words have encouraged you.
Praising Jesus with you!
with joy,
Michelle. 🙂
Michelle
No sure how I miss this one until today!! Ever so glad to read it and be reminded of the awesome love Our Lord has for us. Praise be to God!
May he continue to bless you and all you do ❤️
Be Safe
Hi Colleen! I just saw your comment. Yes, praise be to Jesus, who is the perfecter of our faith. In Him, we have much to celebrate!
And, we definitely need to schedule time to have coffee! 🙂 Miss you my friend and neighbor.
with joy,
Michelle
Should be ‘Not sure how I missed this one….
Jesus is King! This message hits home for me I’m so many ways right now. Jesus gives me hope for my future but also for Lucas’s future. God created us in his image and to him we are beautiful and loved. How wonderful it is to be loved by the Lord and know that we will have eternal life through Jesus! God is good, all of the time!
Yes Becca! Jesus loves you and Lucas. I love how Jesus is revealing so much of who He is to you. Lucas has a special purpose for Jesus. One day we will all get to see Jesus in all His glory! And we will get to see Lucas completely healed. 🤗🥰