Let God Be Magnified

“Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands; and in the midst of I saw one like the son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His chest with a golden sash.” – Revelation 1:12,13

The lampstands represent the churches in seven distinct areas of the Roman province of Asia during the time of Christ. We see here, then, Christ standing in the midst of the churches. For at one point of His ministry while on earth He says, “I am the light of the world” and then before He went away He said to His disciples, “You are the light of the world.” We are to shine for Him here while He is away. The light from the lampstands here is the light that we must shine on the world while He is away. And in this verse, we see Christ standing in the midst of His church.

“So we see that this One in the midst is the Son of Man, yet God Himself. The Lord Jesus Christ has that double character, and His place is always in the midst. Jesus in the midst! No company of believers deserves to be called a Christian company that does not give Him that place. But, ‘Where two or three are gathered together in My name,’ He says, ‘there I am in the midst.’ You remember when He hung on the cross, between two thieves, He saved one of them who turned to Him in faith. When He rose from the dead, and His disciples were gathered together in the upper room, ‘There came Jesus and stood in the midst.’ In the 5th chapter of the Revelation, John looked and saw the Lamb, ‘in the midst of the throne, in the midst of the elders, and in the midst of the living creatures.’ This is the place that ever belongs to our Lord Jesus – the central place, the preeminent place. God must have Jesus in the midst.” (Ironside, “Revelation,” p. 28)

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This is so true. We must always have Jesus as the focus of our lives. Every action, reaction, and decision should focus on Christ. Our Father puts Him in the center of all things, should we do no less? Give the glory to Him that He deserves. Do what you do for Him!

Later

Eriek