Thursday, June 29 

GETTING ON HIS WAVE-LENGTH - John 1:50 NIV 

Jesus said, "You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You shall see greater things than that." 

Nathanael knew that Jesus could not have physically seen him earlier, and he recognized Jesus' divine ability to know what he was doing and where he was.  Jesus knew this and said, "You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You shall see greater things than that."  Nathanael was amazed that Jesus knew about him.  But Jesus said, "That's not really a big deal.  You're going to see even more amazing and wonderful things if you follow Me." 

Jesus says the same thing to us.  The moment we accept Him into our lives, we are filled with the wonder of His love and forgiveness.  But that is just the beginning.  As we get to know Him better, He continues to reveal more and more about Himself to us, and we do see "greater things than that."  We begin to learn how to receive unconditional love, and then how to give it.  We begin to understand what faith really is, how depending upon Him and Him alone is such a comfortable and peaceful and secure way to live. We begin to realize how futile life would be without Him, and we wonder why it took us so long to accept His free gifts of love and salvation.  We learn that following His way always works, while following our own logic will fail again and again and again. 

To know Him is to love Him.  There is no more simple way to put it.  As we grow in our knowledge of the Lord, through study of the Bible and through association with His children, our love for Him will grow and grow.  And we will see miraculous things happen in our lives and in the lives of those around us. 

Pray today for a new insight about Jesus that you've never had before. 

"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."  John 15:5 NIV 

From Bonnie Ricks, Dogwood Ministries, Inc.