“RABBONI!”

 

John 20:16                 (ESV)

“[16] JESUS said to her, “MARY”. She turned and said to HIM in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher).”

Briefly, yet PRECISELY, this morning…..

Mary PRECISELY KNEW WHO JESUS was ONLY when HE said her name!  No questions, no explanations, HE just said “MARY”!!!  She was in a state of emotional distress!  Yet JESUS simply called her name and she KNEW that her “Rabonni” was with her!!

We too need to be able to SEE that JESUS KNOWS and CHERISHES us as well, so much so that HE DIED for our sins when we were SO UNDESERVING!  Can you imagine how IMPERFECT Mary Magdalene (John 20:18)  was before meeting JESUS?  Yet THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSES cared enough about her that HE REVEALED HIMSELF to her when she had NO HOPE of SEEING HIM again!!!

HE may, and frequently does, cause us to WAIT FOR HIM until the PERFECT TIMING, until we are ALL ALONE with NO OTHER OPTIONS, to simply GROW OUR FAITH and meet our needs???  HE IS GOD, and HIS greatest GIFT to us is to REVEAL to one of HIS BELIEVERS that HE is there for our DELIVERANCE!!!

Mary Magdalene had known HIM for three years, but she now had EXPERIENCED HIM like NO ONE ELSE!!!  

“RABBONI”!!!