You’re the only Jesus, some will ever see

There is an awesome song by Kathleen Harris that goes like this:

If not you, I wonder where will they ever find the One who really cares?
If not you, how will they find the One who heals the broken heart, gives sight to the blind?

If not you, I wonder who, will show them love, and love alone can make things new?
If not you, how will they learn there’s one who’ll trade their hopelessness for joy in return?

Cause You’re the only Jesus some will ever see You’re the only words of life, some will ever read So let them see in you the One in whom is all they’ll ever need You’re the only Jesus, some will ever see

Tonight I went to go pray for the sick at the Umhlanga Hospital and a family told me I look like Jesus, and some seemed to think that I may actually be Jesus, which is amusing because I do have a beard, but beyond that, it is the greatest compliment to resemble the King of Kings! To resemble Jesus, by allowing His love (which has been perfected in us) to overflow from our lives, is actually natural and simple, after all, as Jesus is, so we are in this world 1 John 4:17.

It makes me sad to think that some would read the lyrics to this song and feel convicted and some form of guilt, when we should be stirred up and compelled to resemble the One in who's image we were created! "For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died." 2 Cor 5:14  The fact that God has chosen to use us means that we are complete and qualified, by His grace, to spread His love far and wide! Now that we know that Jesus' love for us is unconditional, and that we are in right standing with God, because of Jesus' sacrifice, we can keep our gaze fixed on Him and allow His love to overwhelm us (Heb 12:20). If we do not desire to tell others about Jesus, this can simply be a sign that we need a deeper revelation of His love, to the point that the Gospel just oozes out of us. If I am not convinced that I am righteous because of what Jesus has done, I will continue to feel inadequate as I will be so busy trying to fix that which Jesus has already fixed, and instead of trusting in the finished work of the cross and living for Jesus.

Rom 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.