How Big Is Your Jesus?
Have you ever stopped to consider whether Jesus is as big in your life today as He was when you first came to know Him? When we first encounter Christ, His presence can seem overwhelming. We experience His grace, His power, and the life-changing reality of His touch. But as the years pass, something can happen. We grow older, become familiar with the things of faith, and sometimes allow our understanding of the greatness of Jesus to diminish.
That’s the question I want us to consider: Is Jesus bigger to us today than when we first believed, or have we somehow allowed Him to become smaller in our eyes?
1. Has Jesus Become Smaller in Our Eyes?
I remember visiting the Pentecostal campground where I spent part of my childhood. As a little boy, the distance between our cottage and the tabernacle seemed enormous. It felt like miles, and I would have to stop and rest along the way. But when I returned as an adult, I realized it was only about 100 yards!
The campground hadn’t changed. I had.
That reminded me of a beautiful exchange from The Chronicles of Narnia. Lucy looks up at Aslan and says, “Aslan, you are bigger.” He responds, “No, child, it’s because you are older.” He explains that as she grows, she should find him bigger.
What a wonderful picture of our relationship with Christ! Our understanding of Jesus should continue to grow as we mature in our faith. He hasn’t become smaller. If anything, we should be discovering more and more of the greatness of Jesus.
Perhaps we need one of those Selah moments—a pause to reflect and ask ourselves whether our faith is still growing, whether we still believe God can perform miracles, answer prayer, and move mountains.
2. Discovering the Greatness of Jesus
In John 1:1–14, we find one of the most powerful declarations of who Jesus really is:
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
John wants us to understand that Jesus is far more than a baby in a manger, a man who walked the earth, or someone who died on a cross. He is God in the flesh. He existed before creation, and everything that exists was made through Him.
The incarnation means that God Himself took on human flesh in the person of Jesus Christ. The Creator entered His creation. The One who made the heavens and the earth came to dwell among us.
The vastness of the universe, the countless galaxies, and the incredible order of creation reminds us of just how magnificent our God is. John declares that this same Jesus is the One through whom all things were made.
And here is what makes that truth so wonderful: this great God of the universe wants a personal relationship with us. He knows everything about our lives, loves us completely, and made a way for our sins to be forgiven through His sacrifice on the cross.
The blood shed at Calvary was not simply the sacrifice of an ordinary man. Jesus is God in the flesh, and His sacrifice is sufficient to set us free.
3. Let the Word Build Your Faith In The Greatness of Jesus
Throughout the message, I wanted us to see how clearly Scripture declares the greatness and deity of Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 3:16 reminds us of the mystery of godliness: God appeared in the flesh. Philippians 2:6–7 describes how Jesus, though being God, humbled Himself and took the form of a servant, appearing as a human being. 1 John 4:2–3 also points us to the truth that Jesus Christ came in the flesh.
These passages help us understand that Jesus did not simply begin to exist when He was born in Bethlehem. He existed before time and before creation. He is the eternal Son of God.
John tells us why he wrote his Gospel in John 20:31: so that we might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing we might have life in His name.
I think of John’s Gospel as fertilizer for our faith. Just as fertilizer helps a plant grow, the Word of God strengthens our understanding of who Jesus is. The more we discover about Him, the more our faith should grow, and the more confidently we can trust Him with every part of our lives.
4. The Master Mechanic Knows What Needs to Be Fixed
I shared a story about Charles Steinmetz, a mechanical genius who worked with Henry Ford. When an assembly line broke down and no one could figure out the problem, they called in Steinmetz. He tinkered with the machinery for a few minutes, turned the switch, and the line started running again.
A few days later, Ford received a bill for $10,000. Thinking that was rather expensive for a few minutes of work, he questioned the charge. Steinmetz sent back a revised bill: $10 for tinkering and $9,990 for knowing where to tinker!
It reminds us that sometimes we need someone who truly understands how things are made.
And that is exactly what we have in Jesus. He is the Creator. He knows how we are made, He knows what is happening inside us, and He knows what needs attention.
Sometimes, as we pray and read His Word, He puts His finger on a sore spot in our lives. He brings something to our attention that we may not even have recognized ourselves. That isn’t because He wants to condemn us, but because He loves us and knows how to make things right.
We can trust Him with our struggles, our failures, and the areas of our lives that need His attention. The One who created everything knows exactly what we need.
5. His Grace Is Greater Than Our Failures
Perhaps you are sitting here thinking about some mistakes you’ve made or things in your life that seem too big to overcome. You may even wonder whether God’s grace is sufficient for you.
The wonderful truth is that His grace is never exhausted.
John speaks of receiving “grace for grace” (John 1:16). Martin Luther once expressed the abundance of God’s grace by saying that even if the whole world drew from it, its supply would not be diminished.
Think about that. The God who created the universe has more than enough grace for every one of us. No matter what we have faced, where we have failed, or what we are struggling with today, His grace is sufficient.
This is the greatness of Jesus. He is the Creator of all things, the Saviour who gave Himself for us, the Master who knows exactly what needs to be changed, and the Lord whose grace never runs dry.
As we grow older in our faith, may we discover that He is bigger than ever.
A Final Reflection
So, how big is your Jesus today? Is He still as big to you as the day He first touched your life? Or have the years somehow caused Him to become smaller in your eyes?
Perhaps this is a good time to pause, reflect, and allow the Word of God to re-tune our hearts. Let’s remember who Jesus really is and allow our faith to grow again. Be awed once again by the greatness of Jesus.
The same Jesus who created the universe knows you, loves you, and wants to work in your life. Bring your struggles to Him, trust Him with the things you cannot fix, and receive the grace He freely offers.
May we walk out with a renewed understanding of His greatness, declaring with our lives just how great our God truly is.