Ken's KornerBRINGING TRUTH INTO FOCUSSome people live surrounded by breathtaking mountains, wide oceans, or sunsets that stop visitors in their tracks. Yet when those same views fill the background of everyday life, it is possible to stop noticing them. What once inspired awe can begin to feel ordinary simply because it is familiar. The beauty …
Ken’s Korner
BRINGING TRUTH INTO FOCUS
Some people live surrounded by breathtaking mountains, wide oceans, or sunsets that stop visitors in their tracks. Yet when those same views fill the background of everyday life, it is possible to stop noticing them. What once inspired awe can begin to feel ordinary simply because it is familiar. The beauty has not faded, but our attention to it has. In much the same way, we can become so accustomed to our relationship with Christ that we no longer pause to marvel at who He is.
As believers, especially after years of walking with Him, we may begin to take Jesus for granted. We rightly cherish Him as Savior, friend, and brother, yet forget that He is also the Most High God. He is perfect, holy, and glorious beyond measure. Familiarity with His kindness should never cause us to lose wonder at His majesty. We need regular reminders of how astonishing it is that we have daily fellowship with the Lord of glory.
Scripture helps bring that truth back into focus. When our hearts grow too used to holy things, the Word of God lifts our eyes again. As we revisit a few passages, we are reminded that the Jesus we love is unlike any other. Through the testimony of those who saw Him more clearly, we are called to behold Him again with fresh reverence, gratitude, and awe.
In John 1:29, John the Baptist looked at Jesus and did not see merely another man standing in the crowd. He saw Him for who He truly is and declared,
Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
John’s eyes were fixed on the reality that Jesus was the perfect, sinless sacrifice—the substitute not only for his sins, but for ours as well. His words call us to look again and remember the glory of the One we claim to know so well.
Consider also the perspective of the beloved disciple, John. He begins his Gospel by telling us that in the beginning was the Word, that the Word was with God, and that the Word was God. John knew Jesus as the eternally existent One, the Creator who spoke the world into being and the giver of life itself. Later, in Revelation 1:12-15, John saw an even fuller vision of Christ: eyes like a flame of fire, a voice like the sound of many waters, and a face shining like the sun in all its strength. John’s response was not casual familiarity. He fell at His feet in worship and awe.
We see the same glorious Christ in Revelation 21, where the radiance of His presence is so bright and powerful that there is no need for sun, moon, stars, or lamp. This is the Jesus we speak to in prayer and read about in His Word—the One whose glory lights eternity. How then should we respond? Isaiah 6:1-7 gives us a fitting answer. When Isaiah was given a glimpse of God in His holiness and glory, he responded with worship, humility, and a deep awareness of his own unworthiness. That is the kind of vision we need. We must not let familiarity with Christ blur our sight of who He really is. We should pause often, look intently, and ask God to restore our wonder at the beauty, the majesty, and the glory of His Son. I pray you will fall in love with Him over and over again and on a deeper level.
