It’s All Jesus

Exhaustion, busy work and emptiness, these are the feelings that I have had after years of being a christian;  until now.  I’ve been taught x number of ways to sanctification, x number of ways to get right with God, x number of things to do to earn God’s trust but no one ever told me, until now, that all of these are found in “Jesus”. Wait a minute, you mean that sanctification, righteousness and even perfection are all in Jesus, “yes”.  They aren’t achieved after Jesus, you aren’t empowered to receive them after Jesus, they are found only “in Jesus”.  Meaning, Jesus is our sanctification, redemption, salvation, perfection, righteousness…etc..etc..etc..  Meaning, when you got Jesus you got sanctified, redeemed, saved, perfected and made right!  You are a current possessor of all you have been working your butt off to achieve (I Corinthians 1:30). Rest, now just rest in Him (Rom. 4).  Sure we work out our salvation with reverence (Phil. 2:12).  But that is just to work out of what is already in you.  In the person of Jesus Christ we find all that we will ever need.  What is required of us is to say “Thank you” and “Amen”.  Now go live!