I was at our monthly dinner/discussion group and the article we were reviewing focused on what in Norway is called "Jesus Meditation", basically a type of imaginative reading of the Bible where you put yourself in the scene and try to picture it with all of your senses. You seek to see the scene with your inner eye while praying to and worshiping Jesus as if you were one of those involved. When we were leaving, I asked the group if there is an author that is good at writing in this way, and Max Lucado was recommended.
Max Lucado, author of several books, writes No Wonder They Call Him The Savior and then for 164 pages he gives 33 short, creative examples of how the Savior is who he is and what that means to a world that is in need of such a Savior. He divides the book in thirds with parts called the cross:its words, the cross:its witnesses, the cross:its wisdom.
Max Lucado, author of several books, writes No Wonder They Call Him The Savior and then for 164 pages he gives 33 short, creative examples of how the Savior is who he is and what that means to a world that is in need of such a Savior. He divides the book in thirds with parts called the cross:its words, the cross:its witnesses, the cross:its wisdom.
My favorite bit was called: God’s Testimony. Max Lucado brings the reader along on a trip to the out woods of Rio de Janeiro for a day in God’s creation away from the bustling city. He talked with a 70-plus year old farmer and suggests getting out of the libraries, lay down our pens and step into creation to experience a fresh miracles that happen all around us. He wrote that the time with the farmer reminds us, “there is a certain understanding of God on the cross that comes only with witnessing his daily testimony.” The last vignette was also very meaningful. The night that Jesus returns to the locked upper room is imaginatively described and what I liked best was the outcome of that incredible encounter with the risen Lord Jesus. (This one was called The Roar).
As the short stories do not build on one another and each has their own theme, I suggest reading them one at a time to savor the meaning, maybe over the course of a month. The book was written in 1986 and some stories and use of language is dated to that time period, but most show forth timeless truths that inspire.
No Wonder They Call Him the Savior
by Max Lucado
164 pages; paperback
2009
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