Who Is Your Savior?

“My greatest disappointments in life are when I ask anyone or anything other than Jesus Christ to be my savior.”

Have you ever done that? Have you ever unknowingly said to a new job, “OK, new job. Here are my expectations. I want you to make me happier, filled with joy and more content as a person. I expect you to save me from my previous job and magically make me a better person.”

Or maybe you’ve done that with a relationship. “OK, new boyfriend. I need you to fix all my problems. I have some hurt in my life, some emptiness in a few spots and I need you, in the context of this dating relationship, to fill me with a light that shines bright and true and perfect. OK, go!”

Or maybe for you it’s stuff...

But it didn’t and it won’t.

Why?

Because that’s Christ’s job.

He and he alone is in the Savior business. He and he alone can rescue you from deep waters. He and he alone can save you from powerful enemies. And you know why? You know why God does that? It’s not because He has to. He doesn’t do it out of obligation. Not at all. Psalm 18:19 says “He rescued me because he delighted in me.”

- An excpert from Having Savior Moments by Jon on his blog Stuff Christians Like