1 Samuel 10-11, John 12: 27-50, John 13: 1-17, Psalm 83
John 12: 44-46 (ESV)
“And Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me,
believes not in me but in him who sent me. And whoever sees me sees him who
sent me. I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me
may not remain in darkness.”
Verses 44 through 46 from John 12, Jesus again tells the
crowd of his unity with God the father. Jesus says if you believe in him, believes
in God the Father who sent him. Then Jesus says if you see him, you are seeing
God the Father. Whoever believes in Jesus will experience a journey from
spiritual darkness into light, because the teachings of Jesus encourage us to live
in truth and love in our daily actions and decisions. Jesus tells the crowd
that whoever believes in him will not remain in spiritual darkness and
ignorance sin, and separation from God. Jesus tells us his mission is to rescue
us from darkness. I love that the followers of Jesus during his life were
interacting with the physical manifestation of God the Father on earth. I envy
the crowds and disciples during the time of Jesus, but I don’t think they really
realized they were interacting with God the Father until long after the death
and resurrection of Jesus. I think it is so often the case that we as humans do
not recognize an experience of God the father in our lives until after the experience.
I pray for myself that through my own discernment and the guidance of the Holy
Spirit, that when miracles are happening in my life that I recognize and celebrate
them in the moment and not afterwards.
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