"Most Wanted"

Imagine being a casual, kind and peaceful man, traveling the world seeing the beautiful country sides helping people along the way. As you travel you learn a lot, you also share what you have with others and you get to know people from all walks of life.
Your days and nights are filled with interesting encounters. You have a close connection with a person of great power and you use those connections when you come across someone in trouble or distress.
Soon news of your generosity begins to spread and your encounters are no longer hap hazard or coincidental. People begin coming to you! Men, women, boys and girls of all races, economical and political backgrounds seek you.
They desire to know you and ask you questions. Many believe you are a healer and scholar, while others are skeptics and just come looking for ways to put you down and mock you.
As your popularity grows (popularity, by the way, that you did not ask for) the “powers that be” get wind of your accomplishments. You have never harmed a soul and everything that you have ever done has been to help, heal, bless or enlighten someone.
However as news travels, you’re being perceived as an arrogant person who exalts himself. Soon you are told you are being sought after by the “higher ups” but they defiantly don’t want to learn from you. They want you imprisoned.
They believe you are vying for their positions, and that your continued deeds are overwhelming society. So much so that they fear people will begin to worship you…
You are now far beyond your “15 minutes of fame”. You are now the MOST WANTED man in the country.
Long story short, the YOU here is JESUS.
He was captured while praying, imprisoned in place of a known criminal, accused and crucified. He was mocked, spat on and barely given a decent burial. And He did it all because there was a plan set in motion with the foundation of the world.
Jesus is still the MOST WANTED man on Earth and for many of the same reasons He was back then. Some still desire only to disprove His existence, crucifying Him daily with their denial and disbelief. They still seek Him only to mock His undeniable accomplishments. And I wonder how so many can ignore His presence that is so evident every day.
If He’s not real or never was, explain how a house can catch on fire or randomly collapse yet people escape with their lives. Explain how it can snow in May or be 95 degrees in December. Tell me how flowers and trees know what to do in autumn.
Yes, He’s MOST WANTED and rightfully so. How can you not want a God whose fingertip can pulsate a dead heart, or who can speak breathe into a dying body. Many know Him and want Him daily. They follow His plan and instructions for their lives. Sadly though, many have yet to know Him at all. And some know of Him but feel they are undeserving of His love.
John 3:16-21 reveals to us that God’s love is for everyone who will accept it. And He accepts us as we are, though once we come into true knowledge of Christianity it behooves us to make the necessary life changes and follow Him. After all being a Christian means to be “Christ-like” and it may be a clique but when unsure how to handle life situations simply ask yourself “what would Jesus do?”
So is Jesus the MOST WANTED in your life, because guess what He wants you!
THINK ABOUT IT!
Published in “On the Rocks Arrest” newspaper