recognizing Jesus

John 1:¹⁰ He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. ¹¹ He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

 

John 3:³¹ He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. ³² And what He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.

 

John 4:¹⁰ Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."

 

Isaiah 53:¹ Who has believed our report?
      And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 
       ³ He is despised and rejected by men,
      A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
      And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
      He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

It's interesting that when Jesus comes to us we don't always recognize Him.   He is God and His message is the best news of all: that we can be made right with our Heavenly Father.  But we are blind and we are distracted and we are looking for the sensational when we ought to look for the substantial.  But He is Immanuel...God in our midst...and He would come to us personally and testify of Heaven and give us Living Water, if we will hear and receive Him.  I suppose we need to tune our hearts and ears and eyes that we would not miss Him.  He comes to confirm that we can know Him here and to fire the hope that the best is yet to come!

 

Blessings,

Rob Smith