PLEASE READ THIS FIRST: John 1:35-42
What do you sense the Lord saying to you in this passage?
“‘Come,’ he replied, ‘and you will see.’” (John 1:39)
One thing I notice about Jesus is that he doesn’t make it easy.
He doesn’t smother these eager potential disciples.
He doesn’t win them over with charm and wisdom.
He invites them to keep checking him out, to keep following.
Andrew spent the day with Jesus (v.39), and became convinced.
Discovering Jesus is not something that we do before we follow him.
We get to know Jesus as we follow him, as we experience life with him.
For many this is frustrating; we want Jesus to prove himself first.
If we want to know Jesus, we have to spend time with him.
Jesus is invisible to us, but he is still here with us.
What if we spent the day with him, as we go through our day?
What if we reached out to him in prayer, and allowed him to be involved.
His Spirit will speak to us, will warn or encourage or direct us.
But if we don’t first come to him, we will not see it.
PRAYER
Lord, unless I include you in my day, I will not see you in my day. Help me to see that I need to come to you if I want to experience you.
Seeking and finding – following the words of John the Baptist and curious about John’s proclamation – behold the Lamb of God. Andrew follows Jesus. I found Jesus or did Jesus find me and call me? I’m glad that did find Jesus! Help me Lord to follow you more nearly every day! Let not mere busyness get in the way!
Come and see.
Come and see who Jesus is.
It is He Who draws us to Him. His grace and truth and mercy at work. And I need His Spirit to continue to grow in Him as I daily live for Jesus. Help me daily Lord to do Your will in all things.
We want to see Jesus lifted high
A banner that flies across this land
That all men might see the truth and know
He is the way to heaven
We want to see, we want to see
We want to see Jesus lifted high
We want to see, we want to see
We want to see Jesus lifted high
Step by step, we’re moving forward
Little by little, taking ground
Every prayer a powerful weapon
Strongholds come tumbling down and down and down and down
We’re gonna see, we’re gonna see
We’re gonna see Jesus lifted high
We’re gonna see, we’re gonna see
We’re gonna see Jesus lifted high