Its about Him (my title)Jesus is the true and better Adam who passed the test in the garden and whose obedience is imputed to us.
Jesus is the true and better Abel who, though innocently slain, has
blood now that cries out, not for our condemnation, but for acquittal.Jesus is the true and better Abraham who answered the call of God to
leave all the comfortable and familiar and go out into the void not
knowing wither he went to create a new people of God.Jesus is the true and better Isaac who was not just offered up by
his father on the mount but was truly sacrificed for us. And when God
said to Abraham, “Now I know you love me because you did not withhold
your son, your only son whom you love from me,” now we can look at God
taking his son up the mountain and sacrificing him and say, “Now we
know that you love us because you did not withhold your son, your only
son, whom you love from us.”Jesus is the true and better Jacob who wrestled and took the blow of
justice we deserved, so we, like Jacob, only receive the wounds of
grace to wake us up and discipline us.Jesus is the true and better Joseph who, at the right hand of the
king, forgives those who betrayed and sold him and uses his new power
to save them.Jesus is the true and better Moses who stands in the gap between the people and the Lord and who mediates a new covenant.
Jesus is the true and better Rock of Moses who, struck with the rod of God’s justice, now gives us water in the desert.
Jesus is the true and better Job, the truly innocent sufferer, who then intercedes for and saves his stupid friends.
Jesus is the true and better David whose victory becomes his
people’s victory, though they never lifted a stone to accomplish it
themselves.Jesus is the true and better Esther who didn’t just risk leaving an
earthly palace but lost the ultimate and heavenly one, who didn’t just
risk his life, but gave his life to save his people.Jesus is the true and better Jonah who was cast out into the storm so that we could be brought in.
Jesus is the real Rock of Moses, the real Passover Lamb, innocent,
perfect, helpless, slain so the angel of death will pass over us. He’s
the true temple, the true prophet, the true priest, the true king, the
true sacrifice, the true lamb, the true light, the true bread.The Bible’s really not about you – it’s about him.
This is my final blog post on this site (unless something utterly newsworthy happens, then I will make an exception). I am so grateful to everyone who read, laughed and prayed alongside me these past two years. (I was accepted to the World Race over two years ago!)
A short update: I am living in Carlsbad, and working as a receptionist at a medical lab. I also spent a couple of months working part time for a foster family agency in San Diego before finding my full-time position. God has provided the opportunities for employment, fellowship, and so much more in the past few months. I am working with the youth group at Carlsbad Community Church as part of the volunteer team and I am really enjoying weekly meetings and getting to know them/ We are hoping to bring the group on an international missions trip over the summer of 2011.
The World Race was the best, most incredible thing I have ever done. God showed me so much more of Himself to me than I ever realized I could see. I am a better friend, sister, daughter, Christian and person because of His influence in my life. I am forever changed by the people I met and worked alongside. My squad-mates are some of my best friends, and I can’t imagine my future without them. Thank-you to everyone who makes the World Race possible, and everyone who made it possible for me to participate.
I want to leave you all with a portion of Tim Keller’s Preaching the Gospel message. It is more of a poem than anything else, and is the reason I went, the reason I am the way I am, and exactly what leads me on into this next chapter.
Seriously, I love and miss you all, I am forever blessed because of the last year and the role you played in it.
