Have you ever watched a basketball or football game and saw a player who was wide open for a pass and they didn't get it? Which, if you're like me, leads to you yelling at a screen of people who can't hear you. "HE/SHE WAS WIDE OPEN! HOW DO YOU MISS THAT?!"
Or perhaps you hear a friend say something along the lines of "Yeah, well, I just don't have anyone to talk to about this." And in the awkward silence you think, "Well here I am..." Or maybe you have a toddler, like I do, who asks about a million questions, but can't really see the answer right in front of them. Yeah...parenthood. The disciples fall into this category. In the reading today, we will see Jesus straight up telling them the answers and truth they need, but they keep asking questions or say they need to be shown. Jesus at one point is even like "BRO I'M RIGHT HERE! PAY ATTENTION!" How many times is this us? We look and look and look for God and miss it. Or we want a blessing of some kind so much so that we miss the blessing that's already been given to us. Over the last year or so, my consistent prayer is along the lines of "God, don't let me miss anything." I don't want to miss an opportunity. I want to be faithful in the opportunties that God provides, but in the midst of working and looking for opportunities, I don't want to miss out on God. (That's kind of what the disciples did at times; looking for Messiah and he was right in front of them...) Today, be watchful, but slow down. Don't miss anything. John 14:1-14 NLT (Red lettering means Jesus is speaking) “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. Or There are many rooms in my Father’s house.If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? Or If this were not so, I would have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you. Some manuscripts read If this were not so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you. When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. And you know the way to where I am going.” “No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?” Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. If you had really known me, you would know who my Father is. Some manuscripts read If you have really known me, you will know who my Father is. From now on, you do know him and have seen him!” Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” Jesus replied, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show him to you?Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak are not my own, but my Father who lives in me does his work through me. Just believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or at least believe because of the work you have seen me do. “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father. You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it!
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AuthorThe Pastors of Cornerstone Wesleyan Church Archives
July 2017
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