So What?

[In Heaven] …Christ rules over all forces, authorities, powers, and rulers. He rules over all beings in this world and will rule in the future world as well.

Ephesians 1:21 (CEV)

So what’s the big deal about God and his son Jesus? The idea of a powerful, loving God sounds like a nice concept and all, but does it change anything for you?

Actually, if you pay attention, you will see that everything people do shows whether or not they believe in the God of the Bible. People’s words and actions will prove what they really think. Are we just happy accidents, or were we created by a wise and loving designer? Are we just out to survive or do we have a greater calling? Are we on this spinning planet to exploit it, or is it a gift we are to take care of? Is it just luck that keeps us going, or is there an all-powerful being in control of everything?

All of us have to decide whether or not we believe in this Jesus and are going to follow him. If we think he is real, then we are faced with choosing his ways instead of our own. Is he smarter than what we understand? Is he more powerful than all of our efforts? Can we believe him above what we think, see, or feel?

God is either so superior, so powerful, so perfect that we are driven to obey him, or it is all just a nice story that means nothing. The Bible and many people testify— Jesus is God and he is worthy of our very lives.

SPIRITUAL FITNESS TRAINING

Check out some of the headlines in today’s news. Can you connect some issues with people’s disbelief in God? Take some time today to talk to a parent or other adult about your thoughts on these connections.

INSPIRATION

“The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of God, come what may.”

—Martin Luther King Jr., American pastor and civil rights leader

KEEP IT GOING

Related passages:These additional verses will help you expand Scriptural knowledge and place on the armor of God’s Word to tackle each day. Swipe to read the passages today.

Job 38:1–4

Isaiah 55:8–9

Romans 11:34–35

Revelation 4:8