On Looking and Finding
How would you feel when you found exactly the one you’ve been looking for?
Oh well, I’m not talking about lovelife matters here, although you could also take it to that. I’m talking about what John the Baptist told his disciples, in John 1:36. He told the two men, “Look, the Lamb of God!”. Previously, he also made the same statement with an addition, “who takes away the sin of the world!”
I could just imagine the extreme joy and excitement the disciples must have felt, considering that at this point of history, they were exactly waiting for the One Messiah whom God Almighty had promised to them for their salvation. And to be told that the one they’ve been waiting for had come had to be more than good news, such that the next verses said they really followed Jesus, and became part of Christ’s known 12 disciples.
We each have our own waiting and searching moments, and the ordeal could really be frustrating if it takes a long time to take place. But Christ’s coming on earth is a clear reminder to us that God has things in proper order and timing, and they will arrive at His schedule. We are only called to wait, to trust as we wait, and to follow Him as the waiting comes to fulfillment.
The first coming of Christ on earth has been annually celebrated through Christmas time. It is my prayer that as we celebrate this part of the season, by God’s grace, we will all the more be reminded that God fulfills His promises, and so He is worthy to be waited and trusted upon. Let us wait, whatever it takes and how long it will ever be.
Oh well, I’m not talking about lovelife matters here, although you could also take it to that. I’m talking about what John the Baptist told his disciples, in John 1:36. He told the two men, “Look, the Lamb of God!”. Previously, he also made the same statement with an addition, “who takes away the sin of the world!”
I could just imagine the extreme joy and excitement the disciples must have felt, considering that at this point of history, they were exactly waiting for the One Messiah whom God Almighty had promised to them for their salvation. And to be told that the one they’ve been waiting for had come had to be more than good news, such that the next verses said they really followed Jesus, and became part of Christ’s known 12 disciples.
We each have our own waiting and searching moments, and the ordeal could really be frustrating if it takes a long time to take place. But Christ’s coming on earth is a clear reminder to us that God has things in proper order and timing, and they will arrive at His schedule. We are only called to wait, to trust as we wait, and to follow Him as the waiting comes to fulfillment.
The first coming of Christ on earth has been annually celebrated through Christmas time. It is my prayer that as we celebrate this part of the season, by God’s grace, we will all the more be reminded that God fulfills His promises, and so He is worthy to be waited and trusted upon. Let us wait, whatever it takes and how long it will ever be.
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