Did you know there’s a country in the world named for Jesus? The name of this nation is: THE SAVIOR. In Spanish, it is El Salvador. Interestingly, recent reports of spiritual revival are bubbling up in this sometimes violent country.1

The real country where Jesus wants to reign as Savior and Lord is your heart. The Lord wants to make us into His “holy nation” (1 Peter 2:9). Even Mary, the mother of Jesus, needed Jesus to be her Savior. The first words of her song of praise in Luke 1 say, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior” (Luke 1:46-47).

Have you allowed Jesus to become the King of your heart? One day every knee will bow, and every tongue confess He is Lord (Philippians 2:10-11). How much better to install Him on the throne of your heart now! If Mary herself needed Jesus, whom she bore, to be her Savior, how much more do we!

Although my memory’s fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.
John Newton