Thoughts for another day

October 18, 2006

Today's verse: Jn. 8:29. And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. (KJV)

Jesus had tremendous confidence in God. When you read ch. 8 of John’s Gospel, you will realize how much confidence He had in Abba Father. What about us if I may ask? How much confidence do we have in our Father? Now you may say that Jesus is God and He came from God so obviously He would know Him well and therefore be confident isn’t it? True, but that is not the whole truth. Much before Jesus walked on the face of the earth, God had communicated His parenthood to us. See the acknowledgement in Is. 63:16: Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.

Let us look at our lives. What is our will? If you ask me, I would like to play checkers on the net the whole day if I have a day free. And if I were to ask what Jesus would do, He would surely commune with His Father. What would my food be? Perhaps, the choicest food I can lay hands on or afford. What is Jesus’ food? This is what He says, ‘My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to finish His work!’ (Jn. 4:34). And so on it goes.

My friend, this is because we are yet to taste God. Ps. 34:8 says, ‘Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good.’ Unfortunately, our taste buds have no room for the Creator of the universe. We are yet to understand the awesome joy of being within the aura of God. David says, ‘One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD…’ Ps. 27:4, because He knew God and how beautiful He is. Where do we stand as far as that ‘one desire’ in our life is concerned?

Only when we come to know Him and understand Him shall we too be confident in Him. Then when we say the Amen, to our prayer, we will believe that it is done and say just as Jesus said ‘Father I thank Thee that Thou hast heard Me.’