Was it curiosity? Was it genuine interest? Was it wondering who he was? I'm not sure but certainly the same invitation Jesus offered them he offers me. I want to know what Jesus is doing in the world, in my life, in my husband's life, in our country. I need to seek him and follow after him and then I will see him. It's that simple. This Easter season I'm reminded of that simple and yet powerful principle. When we follow Jesus and look for him we will see him and who he is and through him the glory of the Father. It's so easy to not see him: in the unfair situations, the times we are the poor victims, the annoyances, the things that don't go right. And yet, if we look perhaps we will see he really is there after all. For he is! Tonight I'm thankful I came and saw. How have you seen Jesus today?
I was reading John 1 tonight and began to notice how many things we can "see" in that chapter. We can see eachother because we have the light of the Word as our very sustenance. We (or those who were alive then) can see John who was a physical witness. We can see the world which the Word and the light made. We can see the Word who became flesh (again, those in his day could). We can see who God is through the Word who came in the flesh, for "no one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known" (v18). We can see Jesus baptized, walking, very human. We can see the Spirit of God as a dove (John did). Then, when John's disciples followed Jesus and he asked what they wanted, they asked where he was staying. Jesus responded: "Come and see."
Was it curiosity? Was it genuine interest? Was it wondering who he was? I'm not sure but certainly the same invitation Jesus offered them he offers me. I want to know what Jesus is doing in the world, in my life, in my husband's life, in our country. I need to seek him and follow after him and then I will see him. It's that simple. This Easter season I'm reminded of that simple and yet powerful principle. When we follow Jesus and look for him we will see him and who he is and through him the glory of the Father. It's so easy to not see him: in the unfair situations, the times we are the poor victims, the annoyances, the things that don't go right. And yet, if we look perhaps we will see he really is there after all. For he is! Tonight I'm thankful I came and saw. How have you seen Jesus today?
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