“This is My Beloved Son in Whom I am well pleased” (Matthew 3:17).
We’ve been thinking of the incarnation of the Lord Jesus for the last several days. Now let me zoom ahead thirty years. The Lord Jesus is beginning His public ministry, and the Father from Heaven speaks of His approval and love. I think this is a fitting way, at the conclusion of this year of 2018, to remember just how worthy the Lord Jesus is of our love and devotion. The Father approves of all that He said and did. The Father loves His Son, and the Son assures us that just as the Father loves Him, He loves us as well (John 17:23). This is also a wonderful truth that will be great for us as we conclude 2018 and begin 2019 together. This awesome Lord is well pleasing to the Father and He is precious to us!
For today: It is wonderful to belong to the Lord. It is absolutely wonderful.