Do You Really Need Jesus?

How much do you need Jesus? Are you struggling with addiction? Are you still unemployed? Are you embroiled in a custody battle that is taking its toll on your children? Are you serving out a life sentence in prison? Are you serving a life sentence to cancer? Have you lost your mother? Have you lost your son? Do you expect me to say, "You really need Jesus!" You do, but the fact of the matter is you don't need him any more or any less than I do.

Here's the deal. We ALL need Jesus. We need Him, His blood, His redeeming work at the cross in order that we might be reconciled to God. We need His resurrection --His being the "firstfruits of many" -- to guarantee what awaits us. Got that, you say. But there's more! Once we've gotten to the place where we are trusting Him for salvation and anticipating our resurrection after death, He continues to do things for us --and not things that are dependent upon our circumstances. 

For instance, let's suppose I am saved, but I'm broke. Jesus doesn't materialize some long lost relative who wants to bless me with a million dollars or a lake front cabin. Or maybe He does. Either way, it doesn't mean I need Him more or less than someone --maybe that long lost relative --who has been born again and already has those things. What Jesus does is work in my heart, in my life; He blesses those who seek Him with spiritual wealth, not necessarily generational wealth. He is my example. He is my teacher. He is my intercessor and mediator. He is my friend who never leaves me or forsakes me. His will and His ways are the rock on which I build my life: His work at the cross has changed and continues to change everything about me! And whatever happens on this earth, whatever my circumstances may be, are at His discretion. That long lost relative of mine may just have everything I want, or I might have everything he wants, but so long as we both have Jesus working in us every moment of the day, we both have everything we need. 

So, the sun may sit high in the sky, the test results may return negative, our bank account may be full and our children may be happy. But none of these things negates my need for my Savior. I'm good, today, Jesus. Go help someone else and check back with me tomorrow. Maybe I'll have something for you to do. In the words of the Apostle Paul, God forbid! In Jesus Christ we live and move and have our being. Apart from Him we can do nothing. Jesus holds all things together. Imagine if You sent Him packing! There is no day, there are no circumstances in which we do not need this Savior of ours. Praise God, He has made Himself available to all who will receive Him! And we all really need Him.