Bible Verse of the Day
John 14:8-9 (NIV)
Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us." Jesus answered: "Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Takeaway
We are truly blessed to live in the time that we do. When I read Scriptures like the one above, I try to put myself in the shoes of the disciples. They were hearing Jesus teach and watching everything unfold in real time as they followed Him.
On one hand, it is truly amazing to think about what it would have been like to walk side by side with Jesus. On the other hand, we have the blessing of reading the entire story from beginning to end. We know about the cross, the resurrection, and the victory that follows.
It is almost like watching a movie you have already seen. When you know how it ends, you are not as stressed while everything is unfolding. The disciples did not always have that perspective. We do, and that gives us another reason to trust Jesus, even when we do not understand what is happening in our own story.
