Travis Deans

This may be my favorite images from The Chosen Season 6. There is so much being communicated without a single word. The crown. The chains. The hands. The silence. At first glance, it looks like Jesus has been defeated. Restrained. Powerless. But that is what makes this moment so powerful. He wasn’t being conquered. He was choosing to surrender... His life was given, not taken. I’ve looked at this image over and over, and it still gets me. Season 6 of The Chosen takes us into some of the most sacred, painful, and consequential moments of the greatest story ever told. And sometimes one image can say everything. Surrender.

God tells him to rule and subdue, You tell him to not be so rowdy and sit still. God tells him to tread down serpents and topple idols, You tell him to stop wrestling and fidgeting, God tells him to take down goliath with string and stones, You tell him to stop throwing things and making swords out of paper and wood, God tells him to speak loudly and boldly, You tell him to shhhhhsssss and be quiet. God calls him to take dominion of a dangerous world at war with his Heavenly Father, You tell him to stop doing so many "dangerous" things and making so much "war play" around the house and homestead and with the other boys. Ask yourself, in how you parent your sons, does it match the world and nature and calling God has given them? Image from Unsplash

The question isn't whether God is speaking. The question is whether you've gotten close enough to hear Him. Sometimes the breakthrough you're looking for isn't found in the spectacular. It's found in a closer walk with God.

If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me. — Robert Murray M’Cheyne

Heaven is not a reward for good people who tried their best. Heaven is a gift for broken sinners who put their faith in Jesus Christ. You cannot earn your way into eternal life.

I’ve heard the saying that “God gives his toughest battles to his toughest soldiers.” But when I see the disciples that Jesus chose and suffered for His name sake, I don’t see Him choosing the “toughest soldiers”, as I learn about men and women in the past and even today who have laid down their lives for Jesus, once again I don’t see God choosing His “toughest soldiers.” But I see a strong and mighty God choosing weak men and woman, and empowering them by His Holy Spirit to face some of the toughest battles and be used for His glory. I once thought I was a “tough soldier” until I met Jesus, I then realized that I’m so weak without Him, and apart from Jesus I can’t do anything. I need Jesus daily. The only way that I can truly become who God wants me to be and truly do what God wants me to do, is not by my power not by my might, but only by The Spirit of The Living God. Thank you Jesus.

Heaven won't be filled with "good people." It will be filled with forgiven sinners who repented of their sins and trusted in Jesus Christ alone for salvation.

Jesus Christ knows the worst about you. Nonetheless, He is the one who loves you most. - A.W. Tozer

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The Bible: · 0 errors · 66 books · 40+ authors · 0 contradictions · 3 different languages · 3 different continents · 63K+ cross-references · written over 1500 years · all telling the same story This is how we know it’s God-inspired and not man-made.