"Then Jesus went with them." (Luke 7:6a)
Our Lord Jesus had just given a sermon/teaching. Now He was about to make a "house call." House calls are an extremely rare commodity these days?
But this is, "The Good Shepherd." This is Jesus, Who speaks to thousands and has time for the blind beggar on the roadside, then goes with Zacchaeus to his house. He goes off the main road to raise a widow's only son. And then there is you and I. You may have thought it was that preacher, or neighbor, or relative who brought you to Jesus. Jesus had been after you, however, from birth. They just told you about what Jesus had already been doing in your life.
Jesus, "came to seek and to save...." He is still coming and seeking and saving. Jesus is always at work. Jesus is always praying for you and me----- and humanity, "....Who also makes intercession for us" (Romans 8:34), and, "....He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors" (Isaiah 53:12). At the cross, Jesus provided for John and His mother, Mary, "He said to His mother, 'Woman, behold your son!' Then He said to the disciple, 'Behold your mother!'" As I heard once heard a black pastor entitle his Good Friday message, "Always Providing." He was; He is. Jesus just never does, "leave you nor forsake you. So we may boldly say, 'The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?'"
Professionals who used to make house calls or visit people in their homes very rarely do that any more. Jesus, however, never stops.
Father, in Jesus' Name, thank You for the times when I could not "go" to You that You "came" to me. Amen.
Our Lord Jesus had just given a sermon/teaching. Now He was about to make a "house call." House calls are an extremely rare commodity these days?
But this is, "The Good Shepherd." This is Jesus, Who speaks to thousands and has time for the blind beggar on the roadside, then goes with Zacchaeus to his house. He goes off the main road to raise a widow's only son. And then there is you and I. You may have thought it was that preacher, or neighbor, or relative who brought you to Jesus. Jesus had been after you, however, from birth. They just told you about what Jesus had already been doing in your life.
Jesus, "came to seek and to save...." He is still coming and seeking and saving. Jesus is always at work. Jesus is always praying for you and me----- and humanity, "....Who also makes intercession for us" (Romans 8:34), and, "....He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors" (Isaiah 53:12). At the cross, Jesus provided for John and His mother, Mary, "He said to His mother, 'Woman, behold your son!' Then He said to the disciple, 'Behold your mother!'" As I heard once heard a black pastor entitle his Good Friday message, "Always Providing." He was; He is. Jesus just never does, "leave you nor forsake you. So we may boldly say, 'The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?'"
Professionals who used to make house calls or visit people in their homes very rarely do that any more. Jesus, however, never stops.
Father, in Jesus' Name, thank You for the times when I could not "go" to You that You "came" to me. Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
