Orange Moon Wednesday, May 14, 2026 "As For Me"

The Special of the Day… From the Orange Moon Cafe…

    “As For Me"       

     

     "When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that Thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God" (Matthew 16:13-16).

    It gets personal, doesn't it?  That is, the life of faith and faithfulness to which our Heavenly Father calls us through His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.  “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:15).

    "Who do you say that I am?"  The question begins our Christian life when the Christ of history becomes the Christ of our story.  We must personally respond to the Holy Spirit's application of the Biblical Gospel to our hearts and minds.  "Ye must be born again" declared the Lord Jesus to devout, but needy Nicodemus (John 3:7).  Nicodemus came to the Lord speaking in corporate terms: "We know that Thou art a teacher come from God" (John 3:2).  The Lord Jesus, however, made it personal to Nicodemus: "You must be born again."  This applies to all who truly come to know the Lord's saving grace.   The Christ who "died for all" must become known, trusted, and embraced as the Christ who died for me (II Corinthians 5:15).

   The same personal faith applies to the living of our Christian lives subsequent to the new birth.   We pray and respond to Scripture accordingly:

    "Am I trusting God and submitted to His glory, will, and eternal purpose in Christ regarding the matter at hand?   Is the matter one of merely knowing truth to be true, absolutely vital as that is?  Or have I crossed over by faith, communing with God so that  the Christ of history becomes the Christ of the particular issue at hand?"  

    We answer this question again and again throughout our Christian life.  This presents the wonderful opportunity of consistently relating to God regarding His promise and provision in Christ.  Great responsibility also challenges us as our personal appropriation of God's grace regarding the matter at hand prepares us to honor Him and encourage others to personally seek Him.   Only thereby do we know Christ  in the only terms that satisfy the heart of God, while filling our own hearts with His realized presence, peace, and power.  The Psalmist joined Joshua in his own expression of “As for me.”  May we follow in the light of Scriptural truth made personal...

"As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness."

(Psalm 17:15)

Weekly Memory Verse

    By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another.
(John 13:35)

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