JESUS FOR RIGHT NOW

Some days you do not need a lecture.

You need a Person.

Jesus is God stepping close. Not distant. Not observing from afar. Close enough to touch. Close enough to hear a whisper. The Word became flesh and lived among us, and we beheld His glory, full of grace and truth (John 1:14). God did not remain an idea. He came near.

When you read the Gospels, you feel it. Jesus looking at people. Jesus stopping for people. Jesus calling names in a crowd. He saw Matthew sitting at the tax booth and said, “Follow Me,” and Matthew got up and followed Him (Matthew 9:9). He noticed the woman who no one else wanted to notice. He welcomed children. He listened to blind men calling out from the roadside. This is the heart of God in motion.

He said, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). Not a program. Not steps to earn approval. Come to Me. Rest is found in relationship. Peace is found in presence.

Jesus is not just the doorway into faith. He is the daily bread of faith. “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst” (John 6:35). He sustains the soul the way food sustains the body. Quietly. Faithfully. Every day.

God’s gift to humanity has a face. “He who has seen Me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). If you want to know what God is like, watch Jesus forgive a sinner, steady a storm, weep at a grave, stretch out His hands on a cross. Love is not hidden. It is revealed in Him.

The gift is life. “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10). Not just survival. Life with depth. Life with meaning. Life anchored in something eternal.

You do not have to climb to find Him. “The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10). He moves toward us. He knows our frame. He understands weakness. He intercedes even now (Hebrews 7:25). His work did not end at the resurrection. His care continues.

Jesus is for right now. For this moment. For this season. For the questions you carry and the hope you are trying to hold on to. God has already given His Son. The invitation remains open.

Stay close to Him. Walk with Him. Trust Him.

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Father, thank You for the gift of Your Son. Draw our hearts to Jesus. Teach us to walk with Him today and to receive the life He freely gives. Amen.

BDD