January 27

Who is He?

So if you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective. Your old life is dead. Your new life which is your real life—even though invisible to spectators—is with Christ in God. He is your life.

Colossians 3:1-4 (The Message)


It was a bright, sunny day, and as I sat in Bob Shaw’s Sunday morning class light streamed through the windows providing a warm glow inside. People were chatting away and getting settled as Bob began to speak. These folks love their teacher, and their faces showed it.

Bob smiled and introduced our new topic. We were about to begin a series of discussions on a book written by Josh McDowell. Bob began, “The book's title says Jesus is More than a Carpenter. So what? How do you answer the question, ‘Who is Jesus?’”

As we went around the room, we got some great answers, but when Bob got to me all I could say was what I felt inside me. “He’s everything!”

And He is. I know that in my heart, He is my everything, and without Him, I am nothing. He is my life, and I hope and pray people will someday look back and say, “Yes, He was his everything … and his life showed it!”


Father, be my everything today. Fill me, use me any way You want—visible, invisible; active or quiet. May You get the glory today and everyday. Amen.