“For however m any are the promises of God, their Yes” is in
Christ Jesus. “Therefore, the Amen from
us also goes through him to God for glory.”
Jesus is God’s “Yes” to all of His promises. As disciples of Christ, we, too, are a “yes”
to God in Christ Jesus. It is Jesus who
gives us “security” and who has “anointed us in God; he has also put his seal upon
us and given the Spirit in our hearts as a first installment” (2 Cor 1: 18-22).
Wow! Jesus is God’s Yes to all of His promises: the promise
of eternal salvation, the promise that Satan’s head would be crushed, the
promise that we would become one with the Father and the Holy Spirit in Christ
Jesus, the promise of eternal life forever ; the promise that, in Christ Jesus,
we would conquer Satan and not be eternally exiled from the Lord; the promise of
the Holy Spirit poured out upon the entire Church and each of us, taking up His
dwelling place within our hearts forever; the promise of being our Light in the darkness of this world, the
promise of the Way to the Father; the promise of healing by God and transformation in God!
Jesus said “yes” to God the Father in all things: leaving
the glory of heaven and coming to earth, becoming a human being like us in all
things but sin, being sin for us (2 Cor 5:21); becoming the Lamb of God and
being slaughtered on the cross to take away all sin; rising from the dead,
sitting at the Father’s right hand interceding for us and sending us the Spirit
to teach us all things that He taught us while on this earth, and, at the end
of the world, returning to take us where He is in life eternal!
Am I a “yes” to God or a "yes" to the world and its pagan values? Am
I a “yes” to God or a "yes" to Satan, who is prowling this world seeking someone to devour
in his lies? Am I a “yes” to living a life of integrity, honesty, love,
compassion, mercy and forgiveness? Am I a “yes” to living a pure life, a moral
life, a life of virtue/goodness/justice for all? Am I a "yes" to being faithful to the Lord, to others, to the Spirit within me?
