How Deep Is Our Relationship With
Jesus Christ Our Lord?
Kalaneethy Christopher
he Lord God created and placed man and
woman in the garden of Eden. He came in search of their fellowship each
afternoon. One fine day He entered and not finding Adam and Eve waiting for Him,
called out to Adam saying “Adam, where are you?” This is in fact the first
question of God to humanity as recorded in the first book, the Book of Genesis
in the Bible. [Gen.3:9] Hence it is important to every Christian, to ask
ourselves the question, ‘Where am I, in my fellowship with Christ the Son of
God, who came to the world, in search of me?’
Prophet Ezekiel had a vision wherein
he was taken to a river flowing from the temple of God, where the waters were first
ankle deep, then knee deep, then loin deep and finally rose to a swimming
level. [Ezek 47:3-5]. The
waters are referred to as the Holy Spirit flowing from the throne of God who
fills the lives of God’s people on earth.
Christians need to go deeper in fellowship with Christ, so that we reach
a stage where we flow along with the Spirit of Christ in the Christian walk to
be fruitful in the world.
When our Lord Jesus was on the earth walking about in Galilee and Judea,
many people followed Him, for many reasons. Some with good but others with wicked
intentions. Wherever He entered we find people going after Him for earthly
blessings alone or for the blessing of eternal life. He always had a group of
Jews following to corner Him and to accuse Him.
As we read John 6: 60-71 there
appear many types of disciples who followed Jesus, and left Him for some
reasons. John dissects this crowd neatly and we can trace the various groups of
followers. It makes an interesting study to help us decipher, our motives for
being followers of Christ in this generation.
After we locate ourselves, let us
progress to a closer walk with Christ on earth. This is my wish for all of the
readers who read this blog! May the Lord help us in this introspection?
