Have you ever heard the statement, "Seeing is
believing"? Well that is not always the case. In fact, many
times you can be looking right into the eyes of God and not even really know
it. In the Book of John, we see an interesting dialogue between Jesus and
His disciples. Now, we know that the disciples left their careers and
families to follow Jesus wherever he went because they believed in him. So it
is interesting when we read in John 16:30, "Then Jesus' disciples said,
"Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not even need to
have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from
God." Jesus is getting ready to go to the Cross and finally after
three years the disciples say, "We Believe". Wow! From the time
the disciples started following Jesus they believed in this idea of who he was
and what he was going to do. However, as they walked with him, that
belief system was constantly being challenged and downright contradicted on a
daily basis. They were trying to hang on to beliefs that were just not
true. It wasn't until they had the “OHHHHH moment” that they were completely
able to believe in Jesus. Many Christians are trying to put the reality of
Jesus in their physical, limited, and in this world box. The scriptures often don't
fit in to that paradigm. We believe in Jesus, but we interpret him through our
lens of limitations. It is when we look through our glasses and ask God
to heal our eyes that we will share the same kind of moment that Disciples had.
OOOOOHHHH!
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