18/02/2018
When you say or sing -"There is not a friend like the lowly Jesus". Some out of ignorance sing the last part as "lonely Jesus". The first impression I want to correct is the His not LONELY. If you check the description of heaven you will know that he is not lonely. Even while on earth the Father was still with him.
What then comes to your mind when ever you hear the lyrics of that song?
In the realm of men, once they have access to your secret files, they treat you as such; they threaten and even blackmail you with it. They punish you psychologically because of what they know about you. Other use it to enslave you, but not so with Jesus.
He knows all my secret and has all the evidences and documents but he still regard me as a friend. He knows all my struggles, my past sins and even the ones I may yet commit. I have betrayed him many times when he trusted me. I was just to say a simple "NO" but in trying to rationalize it, I acted and it pained him in his heart but he still calls me friend.
Even this morning Feb 16, 2018, I have experienced him as my secret adviser, who gently tells me his opinion by the help of the Holy Spirit. Even though his opinion is always the best, He doesn't force it on me. No one has so cared for me. It is hard to find a man who will give you a second chance when you have betrayed him once or to advice you again when you did not take his first advice. Jesus is different, he is humble and down to earth. He always keeps his side of the bargain. If He gives you an appointment he does not come late and even if you have flaws, he helps you to make them right.
So when I say there is not a friend like the lowly Jesus, these are the thoughts that now comes to my mind. How about you?
And all that soothes my soul is Jesus. He is more than life to me. No one ever cares for me like Jesus. There is not a friend so kind like him. No one has ever agreed to take my punishment - punishment that I deserve even though I have lots of friends. Oh! See how much he cares me.
If you are neither a friend of Jesus nor you are not growing intimately with Him and navigating with Him as a friend. Then this is a wake up call to you. You have no reason to go to hell - Look to Jesus now and live. Look and live my Brother, my Sister.