John 10:22-30 (ESV)
I and the FATHER Are ONE
“[22] At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, [23] and JESUS was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. [24] So “the Jews” gathered around HIM and said to HIM, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the CHRIST, tell us plainly.” [25] JESUS answered them, “I TOLD YOU, and YOU DO NOT BELIEVE. The works that I do in MY FATHER’s NAME bear witness about ME, [26] but you do not believe because “YOU ARE NOT MY SHEEP”. [27] MY sheep hear MY VOICE, and I KNOW THEM, and they follow ME. [28] I give them eternal life, and they will NEVER PERISH, and no one will snatch them out of MY HAND. [29] MY FATHER, WHO has given them to ME, is GREATER THAN ALL, and NO ONE is able to snatch them out of the FATHER’s HAND. [30] I AND THE FATHER ARE ONE.”
Recently I was at a restaurant eating and a child was in the same establishment eating with his family. The child was apparently operating on a shortage of sleep, for he was not acting appropriately. A lack of sleep can cause a person to do some crazy and irresponsible things!!!
But I was “pondering” the restaurant situation a few days later and my EYES were OPENED to SEE what my HEAVENLY FATHER observes when HE looks at me trying to live a life without being IN TUNE without HIS GUIDANCE in my life!! GOD IS SO VERY PATIENT with me, and I am not nearly as patient with others!
However, JESUS told “the Jews” in the Scripture above that “YOU ARE NOT MY SHEEP”, something that we might think would be DEVASTATING to hear!! But their EYES were yet to be OPENED to SEE (and understand!) WHO JESUS really was! The CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSES was walking among them and they couldn’t even recognize HIM!!
We SHOULD RECOGNIZE that just because we can SEE things that others can’t doesn’t make us any better than them, we aren’t better than them! Our EYES are able to SEE TRUTH, yet their EYES can’t recognize HIM right in front of them…….because “YOU ARE NOT MY SHEEP”!!!
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