I think as Christians we tend to overly spiritualize everything. We forget that Jesus is the Lord of our everyday lives as well. I am currently reading through the book of John, and I love this book because all through we see a picture of the human side of Jesus. John does an excellent job of showing us this dual picture of Jesus, both as a guy, a dude, someone fully human, someone we can relate to, because he has experienced what we have experienced, and also fully God, who has, through his death and resurrection, made it possible for us to be washed clean and brought back into relationship with God, while also on a larger picture making it possible for His Kingdom to begin to show through to this world as we become more like Him, and setting the stage for the hope we have in Him, which is the reconciliation of ourselves and the rest of creation with God. Now, I said that all in one sentence on purpose because, even thought everything in that sentence might be accurate (or not, because somewhere in there my theology is probably wrong, a lot of our theology probably is, and I think Jesus is ok with that), it is sometimes how we think about Jesus, in these awesome terms, but at the same time we forget the reality of this in our daily lives. I know I do this all the time. Too often I am content with knowing all this stuff about Jesus and what he has done. But Jesus didn’t invite us just to know about it, he invited us to experience it. To experience the transforming power of His work on the cross. To experience the new life that He has for us. I am far to content to know things and not truly walk in them. To know about Jesus without living it out. Now knowledge has its place, I believe that. Jesus said that we need to love God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength. How we use our minds in important. But I want to be someone who strives daily to walk in all that I know about Jesus, and do so humbly , and to let Jesus transform me as I follow him. Now, I am horrible at doing this, but thankfully Jesus isn’t. So I have to give it up to him. I want to truly follow him, but I can only do it well with His help.
