Craig Clouston

 Do You Know My Jesus?

April 11

As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.

John 20:21

Wilson was a big man with a gentle heart. He spoke with an impediment, yet was undaunted by people asking him to repeat himself from time to time. He was uneducated, yet in spite of that, was not ignorant. Wilson was a godly man. He loved Jesus.

When Wilson’s eyes were open, he had one thing on his mind: to introduce everyone he could to his Jesus. With a humble spirit and a smile that lit the room, he would look you straight in the eye and ask, “Do you know my Jesus?”

Wilson understood the spiritual death sentence that hangs over every nonbeliever. He couldn’t bear the thought of allowing anyone to suffer eternal separation from the One Who could save them from their sins.

God took him home not so long ago. At his funeral, there were tears of sorrow. But you could hear people say with profound sincerity and a catch in their throat, “Well, he’s with his Jesus now! You know, he asked me if I knew his Jesus! That’s why I’m here.”

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The man this gentle giant spoke of isn’t a fictional character in a fairy tale, as some would believe. He is a Savior and the door to salvation to those who are perishing. In John’s gospel, we can almost see Jesus imparting the Holy Spirit and all His power to the disciples in anticipation of Pentecost. He commissioned them to tell everyone they met about His gospel of grace. Wilson heard Jesus’ commission. He responded with the faith and conviction of someone who knew his Commissioner firsthand.

Jesus has issued the same offer to all who believe, the offer to look someone in the eye and ask, “Do you know my Jesus?” With an eternal death sentence hanging over those who have never claimed the Name of Jesus, can we refuse the commission and look in the mirror?

Prayer

“Cause us to be weak in our own power and to stand strong in Yours, Lord Jesus. When we are afraid, when we would be embarrassed, help us remember that unless we ask them, ‘Do you know my Jesus’, they may spend eternity alone without You. Amen.”