Jesus Is

A friend and fellow writer put out the challenge to fill in the blank in a Tweet following the words, “Jesus is______.” I replied with my short answer and here is my long list in progress. Jesus offers us a grand invitation to know Him more, to ponder all He is, and to seek to experience Him in all the ways He offers Himself to us.

In the day to day and in turbulent times, it helps to remember who God is and that He is in control. We can find calm amid chaos, comfort during a crisis, and peace in a panicked world because:

JESUS Is —

ALPHA, He is Almighty, He is the Anointed One. — He is Alive! He is the Answer, and the Answer for All that Ails Us. He is my All-in-All. He is Adonai.

HE is the —

BURDEN Bearer and the Bondage Breaker. He is Beautiful and Blameless; He is Bulwark and Bastion. He is the Balm of Gilead. He is our Banner. He is the Bridge and the Bridegroom.

And HE is —

COMING! — (Are you ready?) — He is the Christ; He is the Cure. He is Creator and Cornerstone. And yes—JESUS is my Comfort and my Crutch. (I like to lean on Him.)

HE is the —

DESIRE of Nations, the Divine Deliverer, the Designer of our Destiny. JESUS is the Devil-damner and the Defeater of Death and our great Defender. He is The Dayspring; He is The Door.

JESUS is —

ETERNAL, He is Everlasting, He is Emmanuel. He is the Exonerator, He is Everything We Need, He is Elohim. He is Enough.

JESUS is —

FATHOMLESS, He is Faithful, Friend, and Fortress, He is Faultless.

JESUS is —

GOOD and Glorious and Gracious. He is the Grave Robber, the Gateway, and the Great Physician. He is God Incarnate.

HE is —

HOPE for the hopeless, Help for the helpless. He is our Healer and Hiding Place. He is the Hell-raider; He is our Hedge. He is Humble; He is Holy.

JESUS is the —

INITIATOR. He is the Intercessor. He is Indescribable, my Inspiration. He is Indomitable, Incomprehensible, Invincible. He is Infinite, He is Inimitable. He is The Great I Am.

JESUS is —

JUST, He is the Judge. He is Jehovah. He is my Joy.

HE is —

KING of kings, He is the Key, He is Kind.

JESUS is the —

LOGOS, the Light of the World and a Lamp to our feet. He is Life. He is the Limitless Lamb of God, the Lion of Judah, the Lord of lords and the Lily of the Valley. He is Lowly, He is Love, and He is the Lover of my Soul. — (Do you know Him?)

HE is the —

MAJESTIC Messiah, Mighty God, He is our Maker He is our Master. He is the Mender of the Breach, the Mediator. He is Merciful; He is Mine. — (Do you want Him too?)

JESUS is —

NAME above Names; He is Never-failing, Never-ending.

HE is —

OMNIPOTENT, Omnipresent, the Omega, the Overcomer.

JESUS is the —

PRINCE of Peace, the Pardoner, the Propitiation. He is my Protector and Provider. He is the Purpose. He is my Passion and the Possessor of my Soul. He is Perfect.

HE is the —

QUALIFIER, the Quickener, the Quencher of Thirst, the Quaesitum.

HE is the —

RIGHTEOUS Redeemer and Restorer. He is Royal; He is Regal. He is The Rock and The Reason, our Ransom and Regenerator. He is the Rose of Sharon, He is my Resting Place. He is Risen!

JESUS is the —

SON of God. He is Sovereign. He is Servant and Savior and Sanctifier. He is The Steadfast Sustainor, a Strong Tower, a Shield. He is the Satan-stomper and the Storm Stiller. He is the Shepherd of my Soul. He is our Strength. He is Sufficient; He is Supreme. He is our Salvation.

JESUS is —

TRANSCENDENT, He is Triumphant. He is Truth, He is My Testimony.

HE is the —

UNDERGIRDER: He is the Underpinor. He is Unprecedented, Unparalleled, Unfathomable, Unfailing. He is Unmatched.

HE is the —

VINDICATOR. He is Victor. He is Virtuous.

HE is —

WORTHY, Wise, Wonderful. JESUS is The Way and the Way Maker, and the Wellspring. He is The WORD.

JESUS is the —

X in CHRISTMAS. He is Xristos — Χριστός.

HE is —

YESHUA and Yahweh.

HE is —

ZION and He is The Zenith.

JESUS is ___________

(Your turn.)