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Monday... Oh if we really see seriously.


Monday... Oh if we really see seriously.

Now Jesus, the Son of God came to this earth with a definite purpose. He found 12 guys to help Him to fulfill this purpose, to help them really see who He was and why He came.

Matthew 17 tells of His taking three of the 12 up on a high mountain. Verse 3 (NLT) says, "Moses and Elijah appeared and began talking with Jesus." And that was amazing to see these OT prophets but then verses 5-8 says, "a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, 'This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy. Listen to Him.' The disciples were terrified and fell face down on the ground. Then Jesus came over and touched them. 'Get up,' he said. 'Don't be afraid.' And when they looked up, Moses and Elijah were gone, and they only saw Jesus." But I'm sure they saw Him differently and maybe even seriously.

Now they came down from the mountain and a crowd met them and there was a man who had a son who needed to be healed. The man in verse 16 says, "So I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn't heal him." Verses 17-18 (MSG), "Jesus said, 'What a generation! No sense of God! No focus to your lives! How many times do I have to go over these things? How much longer do I have to put up with this? Bring the boy here.' He ordered the afflicted demon out, gone. From that moment on the boy was well."

Then the disciples asked Jesus a question that I'm sure during this time that we are living we could be asking. Verse 19 says, "Why couldn't we throw it out?" And then verse 20, "'Because you're not yet taking God seriously,' said Jesus."

What could happen if we would listen, really listen to Him and see Him and take what He says seriously?  Verse 20-21 continues, "The simple truth is that if you had a mere kernel of faith, a poppy seed, say, you would tell this mountain, 'Move!' and it would move. There is nothing you wouldn't be able to tackle." 

Oh if we would really see Him seriously, if we would really realize who He is and we would really listen to Him? There is nothing we wouldn't be able to tackle. Later in this chapter it says that one of the disciples got enough money out of the mouth of a fish to pay their taxes. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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