Some truths are basic to life. I need air to breath and water to drink. My body requires food and my soul requires relationships. I often overlook the importance of these foundations to flourishing. Some needs are so basic, and fulfilled on a daily basis, that they easily slip into the background of my busy day-to-day.

In the same way I let the reality of Jesus fade as well. This depreciation is not overt, I simply take for granted his role in this world. But as I read the Scriptures I’m snapped back to reality. Paul clarified the fact of the matter to church members gathered in Philippi:

And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Paul states the most elemental of truths—Jesus Christ is Lord. Every knee shall bow, whether in this life or in the next. But no matter when, at some point we all go to our knees before Him.

Jesus Christ is Lord. King of Kings and Lord of Lords, to be accurate. I forget this certitude. Since I’m easily distracted by my own desires and the shiny things of this world, it’s good for me to be transported back again and again to the amazing reality of Jesus.

Philippians 2:8-11

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