The Gospel of John 12:20-36
On this Tuesday, disciples
Philip and Andrew told Jesus some visiting Greeks wanted to see him and he
replied cryptically, The hour has come for the Son of Man to be
glorified...unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains
just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit... [John 20:24-26]
When he met with the Greeks he told them, "Now my soul is troubled. And
what should I say, 'Father, save me from this hour?' No, it is for this reason
that I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name." Then a voice
came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it
again." When the voice came some of the people only heard thunder
while others thought it was an angel speaking to Jesus. Jesus told them
that the voice was for them to hear, not him.
Some
questioned Jesus about who he was and what he was all about. He told them the light would be around a little bit longer and to
walk in the light because if you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you
are going. If you believe in the light, he told them, "you may become
children of the light." And with that, he went off
and hid.
Dear Jesus, our Prophet and our
Lord
What must your words sound like to those who haven't read The Book or just
don't know how things turn out? Sometimes I'm confused by those
words and I have read them many times. On
this Tuesday in Your lifetime, You told everyone what was
happening in what seems like very plain words yet the message is not
quite plain enough for us to grasp well. You were talking to God and the people
around you were confused. Help us understand.
On this Tuesday in my lifetime it was a day like any other ~ a trip to the bank and then the supermarket trying to remember what was on the list for Sunday’s feast. Your
list was clear enough in one sense ~ walk in the light ~ Your Light ~ and our believing will
lead us to be Your children of Your light. It all sounds so easy and so
hard at the same time.
Help me to be one who hears the voice of God instead of the thundering rumblings
of the naysayers and the woe-begones around me. Give me the courage
to stay with Your light and not wander off into the darkness of a life with
no faith-filled purpose beyond chocolate bunnies, paper plates, and jellybeans. And after the conversation on that Tuesday in Your time, You hid away...as I should do more often to spend
time with You and think about how to live my life as a single grain of wheat, that
grows in faith and purpose, and one day fills another field with its fruit. amen.
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