CP 249 Will you miss him?

CP 249 Will you miss him?

 They were looking for a Lion, He came as a Lamb, and they missed him.

 They were looking for a Warrior, He came as a Peace-maker, and they missed him.

 They were looking for a King, He came as a Servant, and they missed him.

 They were looking for Liberator from Rome, He submitted to the Roman cross, and they missed him.

 They were looking for a fit to their mold, He was the mold-maker, and they missed him.

 What are you looking for? Lion? Warrior? King? Liberator? What are you looking for?

 They were looking for their temporal needs to be met. He came to meet their eternal needs, and they missed him.

 He came as a Lamb to be sacrificed for your sin. Will you miss him?

 He came to make peace between God and man. Will you miss him?

 He came as a servant for all mankind. Will you miss him?

 He came that we might have the freedom that is freedom indeed.. Will you miss him?

 He came to give you eternal life. Will you miss him? 

As we submit to the Lamb we will meet the Lion. As we follow the Peacemaker and we will meet the Warrior. Align with the Servant and we will meet the King. Walk with the Submitted and we will meet the Liberator. Fix our eyes the Eternal One and all things temporal are covered.

 If Jesus is not fitting into the mold you have, then come to the mold-maker and get his new one.  Submit to his plan for your life and you will see the eternal need met first, then all the other things you have need of will be taken care of as well.

 Author Unknown

·        O woman of the city… (From Walter Wangerin, Reliving the Passion)

“For what was your gesture? An act of pure love for Jesus particularly. It was an act so completely focused upon the Christ that not a dram of worldly benefit was gained thereby. Nothing could justify the spillage of some three hundred days' wages, except love alone. [...] The disciples, in fact, were offended by an act that produced nothing, accomplished nothing, fed no poor, served no need. They reproached you as a wastrel. They were offended by the absurd, an act devoted absolutely to love, to love alone. But Jesus called it 'beautiful.”

·        Being Like Jesus (From Henri Nouwen)
Very often we distance ourselves from Jesus.  We say, "What Jesus knew we cannot know, and what Jesus did we cannot do."  But Jesus never puts any distance between himself and us.   He says:  "I call you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have learnt from my Father" (John 15:15) and  "In all truth I tell you, whoever believes in me will perform the same works as I do myself, and will perform even greater works"  (John 14:12).
Indeed, we are called to know what Jesus knew and do what Jesus did.  Do we really want that, or do we prefer to keep Jesus at arms' length? 

·        You don’t realize Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have. - Tim Keller