JESUS
He seems to be uppermost in my thoughts this morning and I am thankful for that. I read something a few days back and knew immediately what my ONE word for the coming year would be. It's different than the normal words you would have and yet I know...without a doubt...this word is right for me this next year. My ONE word encompasses so much and is for everyone and yet...so personal and only for me at times. My ONE word is JESUS. He is the Author and the Finisher of my faith.
This comes from
Hebrews 12:2 AMP
Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and
the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and
is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for
the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the
cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
I also like verse 12 AMP
So then, brace up and reinvigorate and set right your slackened and weakened and drooping hands and strengthen your feeble and palsied and tottering knees,
Then verses 26 and 27 talk about how God shook the earth with His voice but He will shake all of creation and only what's found to be unshakeable will remain. We must follow Christ if we are to be part of His unshakeable kingdom...no matter what happens here on earth. We must build our life on and in JESUS and follow Him only.
Normally I have a verse to go with my word but it seems...and I had no idea of this until I was just now writing...that I have a whole chapter for 2017...and this is a good thing!
I also know that my ONE word is not just for me. No...it is for others as well. JESUS...all I know right now is that He is all encompassing...for everyone in every circumstance of their life...and sharing is inevitable. JESUS...He is mine...and yours and yours and yours...everyone who will bend a knee and accept HIM...
The verse of the day from Bible Gateway fits in so nicely;
John 16:33 AMP
I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]
To all who need strength today...look to JESUS...no one else will do.
The beautiful thing about the word 'Jesus' is that the whole of the scriptures are contained within that One Word, and all the promises of God are 'Yes' in Him. The Bible is not just a book, it is a vocabulary containing all that Jesus (the Word of God) uses to bring us to God, enabling us to be born again of God's Spirit, comforting us and counselling us as we grow in Him. Without Jesus, the only doorway to God, we would not be able to be reconciled back to God - Praise His lovely name.
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Hi Chelle, I think that your one word is awesome. Not in that its a great word and great to delve into, but because Jesus is everything. So if He is everything, and you look through Him as your lens through which you see every circumstance in your life, you are going to see joy where without Him there is none, you are going to see victory, where without Him there is none, you are going to experience peace, where without Him there is none. Your ONE word is the ultimate word through which to view our lives. And yes, you have the whole of 2017 to gather scripture around your one word, Great post my friend
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Tracy
My word this year is "LIGHT"..and it is from Genesis and from John primarily..JESUS is THE LIGHT...I haven't been blogging much, but when I read your post and seen your word 'JESUS' I got excited..because as this world grows darker I find myself whispering his name often..and then I think about how that one name..or the one who bears it is the only true light, and it is through him everything was created, and it is he who lights every person who enters into this world..and someday we will see no other light but him.
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May God bless you this year..and may he come soon!