The world: "Consider strife." The Word: "Consider Christ!"

“Jesus loves me this I know…” we sing as children sure and fine, yet after time and trial and education,  do we choose to forget our true foundation?
We cry out, “Help Lord!” And then there seems to be no reply.
We hear words from press at our fingertips. We hear media’s clamor and the popular opinion.
But God – He waits, and watches. His love is patient and kind. His love is not like yours or mine.
“Consider … Jesus Christ.” (1) Says His word to hearts hurting.
What are we considering in the course of our day? What you eat, what you wear, what so – and –  so has to say.
“Consider …Jesus Christ.” Thus saith the Lord. This is His way.
He was appointed by God the Father from heaven above. Whether we believe it’s true, doesn’t affect His love. (2) He is the Creator, the builder of the house, (3) He’s the beginning and the End, (4)  He is silent when accused. (5) He is faithful and true.
“Consider …Jesus Christ.”
This is God’s response when we cry out to Him. When we cry out for deliverance, for rest, for quietness.
He’s given us choice. Do we listen, do we turn away from the noise? Let’s not wait for the ground to be shaking. Or when darkness is thick, we can’t see our own way. (6)
“Help Lord!”
He hears our cry. He doesn’t need to ask the question, ” Why? Or What? He’s been watching with His eye. (7) He knows if we caused our own pain. He knows if we’ve been wronged again. He knows the tears that fall from our face. He knows, and He covers us.
He laid down His life in our place.
“He is a very present help in time of trouble.”(8) He reveals, He delivers, He mediates, He heals.
His name is Jesus and died on a cross on the hill. So familiar, yet so unknown. So forgotten until the day we groan.
Consider Christ Jesus. He is unlike any other. He is mighty in action and in His word. He is the Son of God. He comes to bring peace, He also comes to bring a sword-
A surgical scalpel to cut away growth of critical spirits, and pride and the rest. He brings division simply in His name. To those who believe He pours out peace and compassion.
“…let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!”(9) These were His words to the ones who sought damage. To the accusers who cared of rules above love. Who seek after themselves and the reputations they manage.
Consider Jesus: Hardly noticing when others do Him wrong. Never keeping a record of all the damages done. (10) There is none like Jesus, no not one. He is worthy of every love song.
Bowing in our hearts when we see Him as He is.  He reaches His hand down to take mine, to take yours,  and He says with His voice written in words on the page,  ” Don’t be afraid, only believe.”  (11) “I am yours, and you… you belong to Me.”
“Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so …”
(1) Hebrews 3:1. “Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus.”
(2) Romans 5:8. “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

(3) Hebrews 3:3,4. “For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. “
(4) Revelation 22:13. “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”
(5) Isaiah 53:7. “He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.”
(6) Revelation 19:11.  “I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war.”

(7)  Proverbs 15: . “The eyes of the Lord are on every place keeping watch on the evil and the good.” 
(8) Psalm 46:1. “God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.’
(9) John 8:7.
(10) 1 Cor. 13:4-7,  ⁴ Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud ⁵ or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. ⁶ It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. ⁷ Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
(11)Mark 5:36, “Don’t be afraid, only believe.” (Holeman Christian Standard Bible).