Do You Know Jesus As A Personal Companion?

Jesus Is Alive!

Jesus Is My GPS!

We all have an awesome opportunity to cultivate and enjoy a personal relationship with Jesus! We can look to him as if he was sitting by our side.  As we go through our day, we can invite Jesus to walk with us and guide us.

Let Jesus be your GPS! (Gōdnes Provision Source)

The Bible tells us that Jesus died for our sins on one day, which we now refer to as Good Friday and on another day we now call Easter Jesus rose from the grave!

Matthew 28:5-6

 5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; He has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he had laid.

  

Mark 16:6    

 6“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.

Luke 24:5

5In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 

John 20:16-17

 16Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (This means “Teacher”).

 17Jesus said “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”

The Bible tells us that Jesus ascended into the heavens and sits beside God. This is not to say Jesus is no longer available for us. It just says that he has returned to his father also called our father, to his God and our God!   

There has never been anything ever written since to tells us Jesus died again. Therefore, the conclusion can only be that Jesus is alive!

The importance in this understanding for me in my life is the additional emphasis it places on prayer and meditation. These two acts are not one we would do to gain an understanding of a dead historical figure. Going forth with the mindset the Jesus is alive the prayer and meditation I do is in the context of having a conversation with a living Jesus!

In addition, it is very easy then for me to know that as a living Jesus I can have him with me through my day. When I ask him to join me I can do this as if he is a friend and would enjoy being with me. I can allow him to guide me through my day and teach me lessons as he sees them not I.   

God gave his only begotten son!

I say embrace this gift and enjoy all the benefits a relationship with Jesus can bring into each day! Yes, Jesus died for our sins but he rose and gave us a mission to love each other and keep our fathers commands. Jesus’s purpose for his time on earth was for more than a battle with sin. Much more vase then the battle between good and evil, Jesus came on to us to be a guiding force in all things, to be the perfect example of all things. He came to save us from ourselves, so reed of him, pray to him, listens to him and enjoy the true piece that will come from your personal relationship with the living Jesus!