Daily Devotional

As Lynn and I get older and think about our future, we consider the need to get closer to where our daughter, Anne lives, 5 miles south of Easton, on Elm Ave. I have made known my plans to “retire” from employment at Campus Bible Church (Apr 30, 2026), though for now no plans to exit Campus as our home church.

But if we moved, we may want to also become part of a new church, if we are far enough away. So I checked out one for doctrine and history. In 300-450AD they separated from two other Christian churches. The causes are almost always the same – some denigration of who Jesus Christ is! The favorite work of the devil. It seems it is easy to make too little of Jesus, the only begotten Son of God, Immanuel, God having come in the flesh. But can we make too much?

About 3 weeks ago I wrote a narrative in my journal late in the evening, Lynn being asleep. I was much moved in heart and in Spirit. I submit it to you today. Is too much made of Christ here? What arguments might you have against these thoughts? What of the Biblical statement, and others like it, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent”? (John 6:29). Is that enough?

I write below almost verbatim what came from my journal that night. Jesus is the core, all radiates from Him, hence the title. I also was writing from a Psalm 27 basis.

Radioactive Grace (The Lord is my light and my salvation)
“Nothing else is worth it. Nothing but the Lord Jesus. No teaching. No correcting. No learning. No service. No discipline. No, nothing else is worth it. Only Him. All else is superficial, in a way. All else is incidental, mostly illusion. Christ alone. Union with Him. All else follows. All else radiates from Him, and flows along. But He alone is the core. He is the focus. He is the Life. He is the Holy Purpose, laid down from the foundation of the earth. He is the light. He is the salvation. We don’t get salvation, we get Him! There is nothing else to fear. Nothing to hope in.

“One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: To behold the beauty of the Lord, to inquire in His temple. He alone will hide me when needed. In His pavilion. In the secret place of His tabernacle. This is my life. This is my future. He shall lift me on a rock. My head will be lifted up. Above my enemies. What else do I need? So I offer sacrifices of joy to Him. I sing praises to Him! To the Lord. What else is there?

“He is all my need. To Him alone I cry when needed. Of Him I ask for and receive mercy. Of whom else? What else is there? He alone is Life! He is all my hope, my help, my future. He says, “Seek My face!” What else do I love? Now, nothing! He alone is all. Him do I seek. What else is there? All else is just false framework. Temporary structures. In the church. In family. In life. In work. Mere canvas of life on earth. He alone is the subject. He alone is our pursuit, our only pursuit.”

“He will not hide. He will not turn me away. He loves me. He makes me one with Him. One thing I have desired and will seek – Christ and Him raised. He will not leave me. He will not forsake me. He is the God of my salvation. The Lord Jesus takes me up when others fade away. He is all there is. He alone is my Teacher. ‘Call no man Rabbi!’ He teaches me His way. There is no other, no other way, no other purpose. No other path. He alone is it all. He delivers me. From all; He is all. In Him there is no despair. Just unending hope. The fullness of goodness. This is my Lord, my Savior. He alone is it all. In the land of the living. In eternity. He is the scope and fullness of my salvation.

“There is nothing to wait for but Jesus. Nothing to long for. Nothing to need. He is all in all. He strengthens my heart. He is all. One thing I desire and will seek. What else is there? My life is in Him, in Jesus. In my Savior. In my Lord. In my Friend, and the Lover of my soul. He is my future. He is my present. He is my substance. He is. And there is none else. Him I shall seek. On Him I shall wait.

“He is the core and fulfillment of everything which defines my life and who I am. I lose myself in Him, and am found.”

Read: Psalm 27, Isaiah 55:1-3, I John 5:1-5
Sing: All That Thrills My Soul, Thoro Harris

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