"When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his* disciples and said to him, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?’" - Matthew 11:2-3
Dear Friends in Christ -
OK. Now I'm feeling impatient. Didn't I just hear this story last Sunday? Why do I need to hear this again? Can't we just move on?
As I sit here writing to you, I can practically see God shaking his head and hear His deep chuckle.
How do we 'move on' from the question of who Jesus is for us?
We don't. Ever. What we have with Jesus is a relationship. Not a result, not resolution, but a relationship. The fact that Jesus is our Savior is a reality that we sink into, delight in, wrestle with. We attempt the impossible: to "get perspective" on what it means for Jesus to be our Savior while existing within this truth. Sort of like fish trying to get perspective on what it means to live in water.
There is no graduation, no "moving on," from relationship with Jesus. Acknowledging this allows me to relax. God's time becomes my time, God's sky opens up and the clouds part to reveal a more distant horizon.
Jesus is the Living One who has come, who is coming, who will come again. There is no other. Living into relationship with Him is traveling on the glory bridge that extends from the beginning of time to eternity.
Faithfully - and a little more patiently - in relationship,
Janet+
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