Just a Minute . . .

Face it, a good number of the people you know are on Facebook. They’re chatting and sharing and updating constantly. They’re letting the world in on their lives one profile update at a time. Now, what if God had a Facebook page? With what sort of things would he fill it? Would his profile have a Bible verse of the day? If God had a Facebook page, how many friends would he have, and would you be among them?

People fill out a Facebook profile in order to stay connected with friends and to let the world know who they are. If God had a Facebook page, you can be sure it would be for the same reasons. To do those things, his page would be undoubtedly all about his Son, Jesus. There’s a reason for that. The Apostle Paul said that God “made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.”

Paul’s words remind us that the world feels it can know and be friends with God in many different ways. But without Jesus, God calls all those ways blindness. God reveals in the Bible the one way to know him: through Jesus, his Son.

Now, picture the face of Jesus. When we see Jesus; we see just what God wants in a friend. When we see Jesus; we see the way God makes those who aren’t like him to be his friends. Jesus lived perfectly, just like God. Though innocent, Jesus died on the cross. Jesus bore the guilt for all those who aren’t perfect like God. And that’s all of us!

Know the face of Jesus and understand the perfection God wants in life. Know the face of Jesus and understand the perfection God sees despite your imperfection. Know the face of Jesus and understand God’s love as it shines in your heart and lights up your life. In Jesus, you have the daily comfort of knowing who God is and how he stays connected to you.

If God had a Facebook page…by faith in Jesus, you would be his friend.

In HIS awesome service,

Pastor Dennis