I'd Rather Have Jesus

I'd Rather Have Jesus

Matthew 6:33-34 KJV

³³ But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

³⁴ Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Listening once again to the constant clamor that assaults the senses with politicians making promises, slinging mud from and at each side as those promises are made with seemingly different visions of the “treasures” to be had if only their direction is followed, all the while concerned only with the outcome of the choices to be made in regard to their own particular interests, and their own vision of utopia it is once more time to remember just WHOSE people we are intended to be, and just what treasure  holds true worth.

Blame and recrimination abound, overshadowing the hollow promises made that lie beyond the scope and ability of any side to fulfill, without first seeking the approval and assistance of One that is willing to forget both blame and recrimination, is capable of delivering on far greater promises  than those being made.

Each calls attention to the troubles to be faced, being faced, and attempt to define the reason for those troubles as the fault of the other, neither admitting that the fault lies within the “treasures” being sought by both.

I'd Rather Have Jesus

I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold
I'd rather be His than have riches untold
I'd rather have Jesus than houses or land
I'd rather be led by His nail scarred hands

Than to be a king of the best domain
Or be held in sin's dreads way
I'd rather have Jesus than anything
This world affords today

I'd rather have Jesus than men's applause
I'd rather be faithful to His dear cause
I'd rather have Jesus then world wide things
I'd rather be true to His holy name

Than to be a king of the best domain
Or be held in sin's dreads way
I'd rather have Jesus than anything
This world affords today

Songwriters: GEORGE BEVERLY SHEA, RHEA MILLER

What is being offered by all sides remains an unacceptable offering that denies the power and efficacy of the LIFE offered through Christ Jesus.

Hope, change, greatness, security, order, peace through strength, all words used to present ideas and ideals impossible to achieve without the favor of God, a favor possible only when HIS plan, HIS intent, HIS purpose, HIS unchanging will for mankind is followed.

John 1:1-23 King James Version (KJV)

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

² The same was in the beginning with God.

³ All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

⁴ In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

⁵ And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

⁶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

⁷ The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

⁸ He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

⁹ That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

¹⁰ He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

¹¹ He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

¹² But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

¹³ Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

¹⁴ And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

¹⁵ John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

¹⁶ And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

¹⁷ For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

¹⁸ No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

¹⁹ And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

²⁰ And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

²¹ And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

²² Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

²³ He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

The voice in the wilderness continues to call out, to remind us that there is only ONE WAY, ONE TRUTH, and ONE LIFE.

When that voice is unheard, disregarded, ignored, the rewards to be reaped by listening to the voices attempting to drown it out cannot help but be the same rewards already reaped by those who have continued to listen to them in the past.

Romans 6:23 KJV

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Old covenant and new both hold precedence over any covenant or law instituted by man, for man. Both require the acknowledgement of the Creator and HIS original plan for us, that same unchanging and unchangeable plan that continues until the preordained time of its completion.

Deuteronomy 6 King James Version (KJV)

6 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:

² That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

³ Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

⁴ Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:

⁵ And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

⁶ And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

⁷ And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

The light still shines in the darkness, awaiting comprehension. Only when that comprehension is achieved will the treasures also be achieved.

Having opened with the passage from Matthew, I would close with  another of its precious insights, one giving both warning and promise:

^{Matthew 6:19-21 KJV}

¹⁹ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

²⁰ But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

²¹ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Time has come, to hear, comprehend and decide just where hearts lie, hearts of men and along with them hearts of nations as well.

Jesus gave us a single commandment to love one another as He loved us.

He gave us a promise of redemption in return for repentance.

He fulfilled the law, did not negate it.

When His commandment is followed, HIS message is heard, then and only then will the treasures be attained.

Amen and Amen

CMc