Even Me

May 22

Those of us who are believers in Christ ponder the wonder of the disciples who had the privilege of walking beside Him as He trudged the dusty streets and by-ways of ancient Palestine. We contemplate the amazing transformation that came to the lives of those who were privileged to be touched by His ministry.

We wonder how our own lives may have been impacted had we had the opportunity to be among the throngs who saw Him, among the blessed who were touched by His hand of deliverance and healing and provision. We know that there was no need placed before Him that He did not supply.

Yet, in his message in II Corinthians 5:16, Paul makes an amazing assertion. Here he says, “Even if we have known Christ in a purely human way, yet now we no longer know Him like that.” To know Jesus in a human way is not the epitome of blessing to the believer.

Though Paul had been touched by the Lord and had his blindness removed, he knew this human touch was not the greatest result of his confrontation with the Lord. Paul knew his life and his purpose for living were forever transformed when he came to know the risen Lord who set him on a path to eternal glory—so are ours.